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Benjamin Ryan Tillman (* 11. August 1847 in Trenton, South Carolina; † 3. Juli 1918 in Washington, D.C.) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker und von 1890 bis 1894 Gouverneur von South Carolina. Anschließend hatte er einen Sitz im Senat der Vereinigten Staaten.
Benjamin Ryan Tillman (August 11, 1847 – July 3, 1918) was a politician of the Democratic Party who served as governor of South Carolina from 1890 to 1894, and as a United States Senator from 1895 until his death in 1918.
11. Apr. 2024 · Ben Tillman, U.S. populist politician who championed agrarian reform and white supremacy. He served as governor of South Carolina (1890–94) and in the U.S. Senate (1895–1918) and helped found Clemson University. An unabashed racist, he was a member of the terrorist white supremacist Red Shirts.
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Learn about the life and career of Benjamin Ryan Tillman, a South Carolina governor and U.S. senator who advocated for white supremacy and agricultural reform. Explore his family, education, marriage, farming, political activities and legacy.
14. Juli 2020 · Today, Benjamin Ryan Tillman - a statue honoring Tillman went up at the South Carolina Statehouse in 1940. His name is also on a building at Clemson University. He was a longtime senator from...
Throughout his political career, which spanned from 1890 until his death in 1918, Benjamin R. Tillman used two methods to silence Black voices in South Carolina: intimidation through violence and the suppression of legal rights. In a 1909 speech at the Red Shirt Reunion in Anderson, SC, Tillman boasted about his role in the 1876 murder of six ...
Tillman was the prime mover behind the South Carolina Constitutional Convention of 1895, which achieved his goal of disfranchising most black voters without running afoul of the Fifteenth Amendment.
