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Some wanted Tennessee to be named after [[Benjamin Franklin]], but supposedly the Indian name of "Tennessee" was suggested by [[Andrew Jackson]], who became its first member of the U.S. House of Representatives after Tennessee became the 16th State.

Some wanted Tennessee to be named after [[Benjamin Franklin]], but supposedly the Indian name of "Tennessee" was suggested by [[Andrew Jackson]], who became its first member of the U.S. House of Representatives after Tennessee became the 16th State.

As a frontier territory in colonial America, Tennessee developed many [[marksmen]] who were skilled with [[rifle]]s.  When fellow Tennesseean General [[Andrew Jackson]] called for volunteers to help him fight the [[British]] in [[New Orleans]] at the end of the [[War of 1812]], Tennessee marksmen volunteered in droves and provided the young nation of America with its most decisive victory at the [[Battle of New Orleans]].   

As a frontier territory in colonial America, Tennessee developed many marksmen who were skilled with [[rifle]]s.  When fellow Tennesseean General [[Andrew Jackson]] called for volunteers to help him fight the [[British]] in [[New Orleans]] at the end of the [[War of 1812]], Tennessee marksmen volunteered in droves and provided the young nation of America with its most decisive victory at the [[Battle of New Orleans]].   

[[File:Protesters of Occupy Knoxville oct 2011.jpg|thumb|left|Protesters in Knoxville, Oct 2011.]]

[[File:Protesters of Occupy Knoxville oct 2011.jpg|thumb|left|Protesters in Knoxville, Oct 2011.]]

In 1920, Tennessee was the state that provided the necessary number of states to ratify the [[Nineteenth Amendment]] to the [[US Constitution]], a victory for the [[suffragist]]s.

In 1920, Tennessee was the state that provided the necessary number of states to ratify the [[Nineteenth Amendment]] to the [[U.S. Constitution]], a victory for the suffragists.

In 2000, Tennessee voted against its own former [[Senator]] and [[Vice President]] [[Democrat]] [[Al Gore]], causing him to lose the [[presidential election]] by only one state.  It was an example of the independent-minded [[Christian]] [[voter]]s casting their ballots based on principle.  This was the only time a presidential candidate has lost the election by the margin of his own home state.

In 2000, Tennessee voted against its own former [[Senator]] and [[Vice President]] [[Democrat]] [[Al Gore]], causing him to lose the [[presidential election]] by only one state.  It was an example of the independent-minded [[Christian]] [[voter]]s casting their ballots based on principle.  This was the only time a presidential candidate has lost the election by the margin of his own home state.