Alfred Cate, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetAlfred Cate
politician
Date of Birth: 20-Dec-1822
Place of Birth: Jefferson County, Tennessee, United States
Date of Death: 13-Sep-1871
Profession: politician
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Alfred Cate
- Alfred Madison Cate (December 12, 1822 – September 13, 1871) was an American politician, soldier and farmer who served two terms in the Tennessee Senate from 1865 to 1869.
- A Radical Republican, he generally supported the policies of Governor William G.
- Brownlow, including ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S.
- Constitution.
- He served as chairman of the Republican State Central Committee in the late 1860s.Cate remained loyal to the Union during the Civil War.
- He was a delegate to the pro-Union East Tennessee Convention in 1861, and was a key organizer of the East Tennessee bridge burnings later that year.
- He fought for the Union Army during the war, eventually rising to the rank of captain.
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