South, arguing that it violated states' rights. Though a Bourbon Democrat, Harris, representing an agrarian state, was also a "Silver Democrat", believing pro-silver policies protected farmers. He supported the Bland–Allison Act of 1878, which authorized the federal government to purchase silver to prevent deflation in crop prices. He also supported the act's replacement, the Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890. In 1893, President Cleveland, concerned that the Sherman Act was depleting the U.S. gold supply, sought its repeal. When the vote came up in the Senate in October, Harris, as president pro tempore, launched a filibuster in hopes of preventing the act's repeal, but was unsuccessful. Disgruntled over the repeal of the Sherman Act, Harris campaigned for unsuccessful presidential candidate and gold standard opponent William Jennings Bryan in 1896. Death Harris died in office on July 8, 1897. His funeral was held in the Senate chamber of the United States Capitol. Congressman Walter P. Brownlow, a nephew of Harris' old rival Parson Brownlow, was among those who delivered a memorial address in his honor. He is interred at Elmwood Cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee. See also List of governors of Tennessee List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899) Notes References Further reading Elliott, Sam Davis. Isham G. Harris of Tennessee: Confederate Governor and United Senator. Baton Rouge, LA.:Louisiana State University Press, 2009 Hall, Kermit L in The Confederate Governors. edited by Yearns, W. Buck. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 1985 External links Retrieved on 2008-02-13 Governor Isham G. Harris, 1857-1862 at Tennessee State Library and Archives 1818 births 1897 deaths People from Franklin County, Tennessee Burials in Tennessee Albert Sidney Johnston Confederate States Army officers Governors of Tennessee Tennessee state senators People of Tennessee in the American Civil War Democratic Party United States senators from Tennessee Confederate States of America state governors Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee Democratic Party governors of Tennessee American slave owners 19th-century American politicians Presidents pro tempore of the United States Senate People from Ripley, Mississippi Bourbon Democrats Southern Historical Society United States senators who owned slaves