City: Chattanooga
EVANS, Henry Clay, manufacturer; born Juniata County, Pa., June 18, 1843; son of Jesse B. and Anna (Single) EVANS; received academic education; married Adelaide DURAND, Feb. 18, 1869; Republican; former Chairman of Board of Education, and twice Mayor of Chattanooga, Tenn.; member of 51st Congress, 3d Tenn. District, 1889-1891; First Assistant Postmaster-General 1893; enlisted in 41st Wisconsin Infantry, May 1864; elected Governor of Tennessee, 1894, on face of returns – election contested for alleged irregularities, and TURNEY was declared elected; delegate at large to Republican National Conventions, 1892, 1896, 1904; delegate 1908; was second choice in the balloting for Vice President of U. S. at Convention, 1896; U. S. Commissioner of Pensions, 1897-1902; American Consul-General at London, 1902-1905; engaged in iron and railway car manufacturing at Chattanooga, Tenn.
