The Bourbon Triumvirate

Which of the following were considered to be part of the Bourbon Triumvirate?

• John Gordon

• Joseph Brown

• Tom Watson

• Henry Grady

• Alfred Colquitt

Which of the following statements BEST describes the “Bourbon Triumvirate”?

• Southern leaders who wanted to see the South’s culture and economy return to the way it was before the Civil War.

• Republicans who governed in the South during Reconstruction.

• Southern Democrats who dominated Georgia politics during the late 1800’s for about 20 years.

• Former slaves who served in the state legislature during Reconstruction.

Who was a captain of the Raccoon Roughs in the Civil War and later became a Georgia governor, U.S. senator, and was rumored to be head of the Ku Klux Klan in Georgia?

• Watson

• Grady

• Brown

• Gordon

Who was a Civil War governor for Georgia who opposed almost all Confederate policies and later became a justice on the Georgia Supreme Court and U.S. senator?

• Watson

• Brown

• Colquitt

• Gordon

Which of the Bourbon Triumvirate graduated from Princeton University in 1844 and returned to Georgia and became a lawyer and then joined the Army during the Mexican-American War and ?

• Colquitt

• Brown

• Gordon

• Watson