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Nashville, Tennessee

Jake Overlander & Hope Whalen. Nashville, Tennessee. Vanderbilt University was founded in 1873, and is named after the man who donated the first million dollars to the school.

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Nashville, Tennessee

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  1. Jake Overlander & Hope Whalen Nashville, Tennessee

  2. Vanderbilt University was founded in 1873, and is named after the man who donated the first million dollars to the school. “Commodore” Cornelius Vanderbilt had never visited the South, but he wanted to help fix the sectional issues that the Civil War had surfaced. There are about 12,000 students enrolled at Vanderbilt University, from all 50 states and 90 foreign countries. Vanderbilt univerSity (Part I)

  3. Vanderbilt is the smallest school represented in the SEC (Southeastern Conference) There are nine women's’ teams and six men's’ teams The mascot is The Commodore Vanderbilt university (Part II)

  4. Tennessee’s two senators are Bob Corker (R) and Lamar Alexander (R). Tennessee has 9 representatives in the House, and 7 of them are Republicans, while the other 2 are Democrats. Tennessee’s representation

  5. Vanderbilt is part of the 5th District, represented by James Hayes Shofner "Jim" Cooper. Jim has served as the representative since 2003, and he is one of the two Democrats to represent Tennessee in Congress His committees include the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Jim Cooper

  6. 1996- Bill Clinton (D) 48% 2000- George W. Bush(R) 51% 2004- George W. Bush (R) 56.8% 2008- John McCain (R) 56.9% 11 Electoral Votes Current polling in Tennessee has Romney ahead of Obama by seven points, and he should hold a lead over him considering Obama didn’t even win Tennessee in 2008 Voting History

  7. Unemployment Flooding Abortion Tennessee issues

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