After Governor Bill Lee weighed in on the State Capitol Commission (SCC) vote regarding the removal of the Nathan Bedford Forrest bust from the second floor of the State Capitol, by a 9 to 2 vote the body complied with his request.
The original motion of removing just the bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest was amended to include the monuments to two of Tennessee’s other military heroes, Admirals David Farragut and Albert Gleaves.
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Governor Bill Lee, on the eve of a vote by the State Capitol Commission (SCC) on the fate of the Nathan Bedford Forrest bust, said it should be moved from the second floor of the State Capitol to the Tennessee State Museum.
The consideration of the Nathan Bedford Forrest bust is the only item up for discussion by the SCC WebEx meeting scheduled for 9 a.m. on July 9, according to the agenda.
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Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN-09) urged Gov. Bill Lee to remove a bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest from the State Capitol and rename a state park that bears his name.
In a letter sent to Lee Monday, Cohen asked the Republican governor to “demonstrate leadership on an issue that causes so much pain in the Black community in Tennessee.”
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NASHVILLE– The State Capitol Commission, while hearing testimony from both sides on the Nathan Bedford Forrest bust during a meeting on Thursday took no action on the matter.
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NASHVILLE, Tennessee – The State House Naming, Designating and Private Acts Committee voted Tuesday to delay action until the last calendar of the committee on a resolution suggesting the removal and replacement of the Nathan Bedford Forrest bust at the state capitol building.
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The House Naming, Designating and Private Acts Committee is considering a resolution that suggests the removal of the Nathan Bedford Forrest bust from the state capitol and replacing it with an appropriate tribute to a deserving Tennessean.
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NASHVILLE, Tennessee – At a meeting of the State Capitol Commission (SCC) held Friday, the first order of new business on the agenda was to address Governor Haslam’s request to relocate the Nathan Bedford Forrest Statue from the Capitol. The motion failed by a vote of 7 to 5, with all twelve members voting. Tennessee Code Annotated 4-8-301 established in 1986 that the SCC membership would consist of seven ex-officio members, two legislative members appointed by the speaker of each body, and three private citizens. The members and their respective votes are as follows: Larry Martin, SCC Chair / Commissioner, Finance & Administration – Yes Bob Oglesby, Commissioner, General Services – Yes Bob Martineau, Commissioner, Environment & Conservation – Yes Tre Hargett, Secretary of State – No David Lillard, State Treasurer – No Justin Wilson, Comptroller of the Treasury – No Reavis Mitchell, Chair, TN Historical Commission – Yes State Senator Jack Johnson – No State Representative Curtis Johnson – No Howard Gentry, Jr., Private Citizen – Yes Tammy White, Private Citizen – No King Rogers, Private Citizen – No The SCC meets on an as-needed basis, with just one other meeting in 2017 during the month of May, two…
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