USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Despite North Carolina’s opposition to the move-which at one point included Sevier’s arrest-the territory won statehood as Tennessee in 1796.] He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1789 until 1791. He was unanimously elected in convention as Tennessee’s first Governor and inaugurated in March, 1796.

Detailed explanation-2: -John Sevier, 1796-1801; 1803-1809, Democrat. He was elected governor of the state of Franklin at the end of the Revolutionary War, and as such became the first governor in what would be Tennessee. When statehood was attained in 1796, Sevier was elected its first governor.

Detailed explanation-3: -John Sevier, pioneer, soldier, statesman and a founder of the Republic, was Tennessee’s first governor and one of its most illustrious citizens. Married and on his own at age sixteen, he was in the vanguard of frontier life and accomplishment from his late teenage years until his death.

Detailed explanation-4: -A celebrated soldier, admired politician and founding father of the state of Tennessee, John Sevier led an adventurous life. He commanded a frontier militia into battle against British Loyalists at Kings Mountain.