HUSBAND OF:
Sarah Elizabeth Dennis
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Politician
Dennis was born in Beverly, Massachusetts. During the Civil War Dennis served in Florida as a Captain in Co. K of the 405th Regiment of the Massachusetts Volunteers and fought in the Battle of Olustee. He remained in Florida after the war settling in Gainesville in 1866. In Gainesville he became known as the "Little Giant" a play on his initials but more importantly a reference to his success in having become a "Tammany Styled" political boss of Alachua County. In the years immediately after the war former slaves were allowed to vote. Dennis brilliantly used this new "black majority" to take and maintain political power for a decade. As "political boss" he was able to utilize his power to the it's fullest extent. He appointed most county officials including judges. Dennis served as a State Senator from 1870 to 1878 and served on the Republican State Executive Committee in 1876. Dennis was involved in and eventually admitted to having stuffed ballots in the Town of Archer. As a major Florida republican leader Dennis was in full support of republican Rutherford B. Hayes. Hayes lost the popular vote but became president in the Electoral College. The victory was forged in a political deal called the Great Compromise which required removal of Union Toops from the South. With the troops out Jim Crow began and Dennis' power ended. In an act of political patronage Hayes appointed Dennis to federal positions.
Sarah Elizabeth Dennis
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Politician
Dennis was born in Beverly, Massachusetts. During the Civil War Dennis served in Florida as a Captain in Co. K of the 405th Regiment of the Massachusetts Volunteers and fought in the Battle of Olustee. He remained in Florida after the war settling in Gainesville in 1866. In Gainesville he became known as the "Little Giant" a play on his initials but more importantly a reference to his success in having become a "Tammany Styled" political boss of Alachua County. In the years immediately after the war former slaves were allowed to vote. Dennis brilliantly used this new "black majority" to take and maintain political power for a decade. As "political boss" he was able to utilize his power to the it's fullest extent. He appointed most county officials including judges. Dennis served as a State Senator from 1870 to 1878 and served on the Republican State Executive Committee in 1876. Dennis was involved in and eventually admitted to having stuffed ballots in the Town of Archer. As a major Florida republican leader Dennis was in full support of republican Rutherford B. Hayes. Hayes lost the popular vote but became president in the Electoral College. The victory was forged in a political deal called the Great Compromise which required removal of Union Toops from the South. With the troops out Jim Crow began and Dennis' power ended. In an act of political patronage Hayes appointed Dennis to federal positions.
HUSBAND OF:
Sarah Elizabeth Dennis
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Politician
Dennis was born in Beverly, Massachusetts. During the Civil War Dennis served in Florida as a Captain in Co. K of the 405th Regiment of the Massachusetts Volunteers and fought in the Battle of Olustee. He remained in Florida after the war settling in Gainesville in 1866. In Gainesville he became known as the "Little Giant" a play on his initials but more importantly a reference to his success in having become a "Tammany Styled" political boss of Alachua County. In the years immediately after the war former slaves were allowed to vote. Dennis brilliantly used this new "black majority" to take and maintain political power for a decade. As "political boss" he was able to utilize his power to the it's fullest extent. He appointed most county officials including judges. Dennis served as a State Senator from 1870 to 1878 and served on the Republican State Executive Committee in 1876. Dennis was involved in and eventually admitted to having stuffed ballots in the Town of Archer. As a major Florida republican leader Dennis was in full support of republican Rutherford B. Hayes. Hayes lost the popular vote but became president in the Electoral College. The victory was forged in a political deal called the Great Compromise which required removal of Union Toops from the South. With the troops out Jim Crow began and Dennis' power ended. In an act of political patronage Hayes appointed Dennis to federal positions.
Sarah Elizabeth Dennis
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Politician
Dennis was born in Beverly, Massachusetts. During the Civil War Dennis served in Florida as a Captain in Co. K of the 405th Regiment of the Massachusetts Volunteers and fought in the Battle of Olustee. He remained in Florida after the war settling in Gainesville in 1866. In Gainesville he became known as the "Little Giant" a play on his initials but more importantly a reference to his success in having become a "Tammany Styled" political boss of Alachua County. In the years immediately after the war former slaves were allowed to vote. Dennis brilliantly used this new "black majority" to take and maintain political power for a decade. As "political boss" he was able to utilize his power to the it's fullest extent. He appointed most county officials including judges. Dennis served as a State Senator from 1870 to 1878 and served on the Republican State Executive Committee in 1876. Dennis was involved in and eventually admitted to having stuffed ballots in the Town of Archer. As a major Florida republican leader Dennis was in full support of republican Rutherford B. Hayes. Hayes lost the popular vote but became president in the Electoral College. The victory was forged in a political deal called the Great Compromise which required removal of Union Toops from the South. With the troops out Jim Crow began and Dennis' power ended. In an act of political patronage Hayes appointed Dennis to federal positions.
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