To the people of Tennessee! : The constitution of Tennessee requires the qualified voters of the state to elect a governor, members of the General Assembly, and representatives in Congress on the first Thursday in August next. This duty can be performed with proper effort on your part, regardless of the attempt of arbitrary and lawless power to prevent it. ... / Isham G. Harris. Governor of Tennessee. Chattanooga, July 17th, 1863. An act to lay off the state into representative and senatorial districts. ... Passed, March 13, 1862.