On October 28, 2010 in response to a writ of mandamus a Tennessee Williamson County Chancellor Robbie Beal found that the sheriff or CLEO is not required to execute NFA documents according to Tenn. Code Ann.

Until the year 2001, West Tennessee, including all of Hardin County, was in the Area Code 901.

After a large amount of population growth necessitated two Area Codes for West Tennessee, Memphis and its northern and eastern suburbs retained the 901 Area Code, with the remainder of West Tennessee being placed into Area code 731.

:: The Association of Professional Industrial Hygienists, Inc. ( APIH ) was established in 1994 to offer credentialing to industrial hygienists who meet the education and experience requirements found in Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 62, Chapter 40.

APIH adopted the Tennessee Code as its basis for credentialing because it was the first legal definition in the United States of an industrial hygienist in terms of education and experience.

Judge William E. Lantrip held that ( i ) workers ' compensation payments are not within the definition of " structured settlement " under the Tennessee Structured Settlement Protection Act, Tenn. Code.

Like Tennessee, Georgia ’ s honorary titles give its members a rank as Aides-de-camp to the Governor's staff and is codified in the Official Code of Georgia Annotated 38-2-111, while the Alabama honor specifically makes one a lieutenant colonel in the state militia.

When the authorized persons met and adopted the title of the " Future Great " of the then Southwest, several of the earliest settlers had handed in their favorite names, among whom was Kindred Rose, who presented the winning name, " Springfield ," in honor of his former home town, Springfield, Robertson county, Tennessee.

This definition is legally established under the North American Free Trade Agreement ( NAFTA ) and at least one other international trade agreement that require that Tennessee whiskey be " a straight Bourbon Whiskey authorized to be produced only in the State of Tennessee ", and the law of Canada, which states that Tennessee whiskey must be " a straight Bourbon whisky produced in the State of Tennessee ".

This definition is legally established under the North American Free Trade Agreement ( NAFTA ), which states that Tennessee whiskey is " a straight Bourbon Whiskey authorized to be produced only in the State of Tennessee.

In 1974, the Tennessee Board of Regents authorized the Bachelor of Fine Arts and the Education Specialist degrees.

In 2001, the Tennessee Board of Regents authorized the Bachelor of Professional Studies.

In late 2009, the Tennessee Higher Education Commission and the Tennessee Board of Regents authorized the formation of a Ph. D program in Sport Physiology and Performance.

Finally, on June 14, 1878, Congress authorized a separate judgeship for the Western District of Tennessee.

The only legal definition of the term Tennessee Whiskey in U. S. federally-recognized legislation is the North American Free Trade Agreement ( NAFTA ), which states only that Tennessee whiskey is " a straight Bourbon Whiskey authorized to be produced only in the State of Tennessee ".

The State of Tennessee authorized an amendment to the Charter of the MSBC to change the name to Mid-South Bible Institute.

Cleveland State was authorized by the Tennessee General Assembly in 1965 and held its first classes in 1967, with the move to the site of the current campus and permanent facilities occurring in 1968.

It was authorized by the Tennessee General Assembly in 1969, along with two other community colleges, and operates under the authority of the Tennessee Board of Regents.

The oldest unfinished highway project in Tennessee, the Foothills Parkway project has been continuously stalled by funding difficulties since Congress authorized its construction in 1944.

When Congress authorized the construction of the Blue Ridge Parkway in the 1930s, it was decided that no part of the parkway would pass through Tennessee ( the goal of the parkway was to connect the Great Smoky Mountains National Park with Shenandoah National Park ).

In 1945, the Tennessee state legislature authorized the Tennessee Highway Department to buy rights-of-way for the road, and a second bill in 1947 authorized the transfer of rights-of-way to the National Park Service.

At its 1864 convention, the Republican Party selected Andrew Johnson, a War Democrat from the Southern state of Tennessee, as his running mate.

Extending entirely across the state of Alabama for about south of its northern boundary, and in the middle stretching farther south, is the Cumberland Plateau, or Tennessee Valley region, broken into broad tablelands by the dissection of rivers.

The Cumberland Plateau region is drained to the west-northwest by the Tennessee River and its tributaries ; all other parts of the state are drained to the southwest.

This area later became the Southwest Territory ( 1790 ), the precursor to the state of Tennessee.

He was elected as an alderman and as Mayor of Greeneville, Tennessee before being elected to the state assembly.

In 1862, Lincoln appointed Johnson military governor of occupied Tennessee, where he was effective in fighting and ending the rebellion ; he implemented Reconstruction policies in the state and transitioned for a time to a pro-emancipation policy.

Thus, he supported funding to the state to assist the expansion of the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad.

Johnson attempted to make the most of the opportunities the position offered, using it as a springboard to higher honors, as the Governor's powers in the state were limited to offering mere suggestions on legislation ( with no veto power ), and managing the Bank of Tennessee and the penitentiary.

In his first biennial speech, he urged simplification of the state judicial system, abolishment of the Bank of Tennessee and establishment of an agency to provide uniformity in weights and measures, the latter of which was passed.

Before the Tennessee electorate voted on secession, Johnson, at his peril, toured the state, speaking in opposition to the measure, contending it was unconstitutional.

When Tennessee seceded, though the vote did not win a majority in East Tennessee, Johnson was forced to flee from the state with armed security ; he was in fact the only Senator from the seceded states to continue participation in Congress.

After the election Johnson was most anxious to complete the re-establishment of civil government in Tennessee ; Union forces brought the war to an end in that state with their victory in the Battle of Nashville in December.

Indeed, his home state of Tennessee ratified the Fourteenth Amendment despite the President's opposition, and was the only seceded state to empower a civil government during Reconstruction.

* 1784 – Western North Carolina ( now eastern Tennessee ) declares itself an independent state under the name of Franklin ; it is not accepted into the United States, and only lasts for four years.

While Granny frequently mentioned that she was from Tennessee, the series never specified the state from which the Clampetts moved to California.

* John Ford ( Tennessee politician ) ( born May 1942 ), American Democratic legislator who served 31 years ( 1974 – 2005 ) in state senate ; convicted in 2007 for bribery

* 1796 – Tennessee is admitted as the 16th state of the United States.

* 1866 – Reconstruction: Tennessee becomes the first U. S. state to be readmitted to the Union following the American Civil War.

" In 1822 Polk resigned his position as clerk to run his successful campaign for the Tennessee state legislature in 1823, in which he defeated incumbent William Yancey, becoming the new representative of Maury County.

Polk lost both his home state, North Carolina, and his state of residence, Tennessee, the most recent successful presidential candidate to do so.

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