John P. Buchanan

John Price Buchanan (October 24, 1847 – May 14, 1930) was the Governor of the U.S. State of Tennessee from 1891 to 1893. He was a native of Williamson County, Tennessee. A Confederate Army veteran, Buchanan moved to Rutherford County in 1878, where he operated a successful 325-acre (132 ha) farm. He was twice elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives, representing a district in his adopted home of Rutherford County. In 1889, he was elected president of the Tennessee Farmers' Alliance and Laborers' Union. The Alliance formed a successful populist coalition for the 1890 elections, allowing Buchanan to capture the Tennessee Democratic Party nomination for governor. Although there was stiff opposition to Buchanan within Democratic...