Tennessee, in November 1864, and imprisoned in Virginia. He was released by Confederate authorities on February 20, 1865, and rejoined the 2nd Tennessee shortly afterward. He was mustered out at Nashville on May 6, 1865. Postwar politics In April 1865, Samuel McCammon, who had been elected to Sevier County's seat in the Tennessee House of Representatives, died suddenly, and Inman was elected to fill the vacancy. He was seated on May 25, 1865. Inman generally supported Governor William G. "Parson" Brownlow's legislative agenda, which aimed to reintegrate Tennessee into the Union and punish former Confederates. At an August 1865 political rally in Knoxville, Brownlow's son, John B. Brownlow, praised Inman for supporting the "franchise bill," which barred ex-Confederates from voting. By 1866, the Tennessee General Assembly, though dominated by Unionists, had divided into two factions: the Radical Republicans, who supported Brownlow and favored harsh policies toward former Confederates and the extension of the right to vote for freed slaves, and the Conservative Republicans, who supported President Andrew Johnson and favored more lenient policies toward former Confederates. Inman, who was squarely in the Radical camp, voted in favor of a second, more contentious franchise bill in May 1866 that gave Brownlow the power to throw out entire counties' voter registrations. In July 1866, Inman voted to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment, which extended civil rights to minorities. Tennessee's ratification of this amendment allowed it to become the first former Confederate state to be readmitted to the Union. In September 1866, Inman was one of Tennessee's delegates to the Radical Republican convention in Philadelphia. In March of the following year, he represented Sevier County at the Radicals' state convention in Nashville. At the party's Knox County convention in April 1867, Inman was praised for his "patriotic adherence to the principles of the Union party." That same month, Inman chaired the party's Sevier County convention, which called for continued disfranchisement of ex-Confederates, endorsed the "tried patriot and firm champion" Brownlow for governor, and denounced Conservatives for aiming to "give the control of the state to the rebels." Inman was nominated for reelection in May 1867, though this time he would be representing a floterial district that encompassed Knox and Sevier counties. In the general election in August of that year, he defeated his opponent by more than a thousand votes out of about 4,000 cast. His brother, Shadrach, was also elected to the House,