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===State of Scott=== {{main|State of Scott}} During the Civil War, the county was a [[Southern Unionist]] bastion, voting against [[secession]] from the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] in Tennessee's June 1861 referendum by a higher percentage (521 to 19, or 96%) than in any other Tennessee county.<ref name=TNenc/><ref>Oliver Perry Temple, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=g8xYAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22The+detailed+vote+of+the+several+counties+was+as+follows%22&pg=PA199 East Tennessee and the Civil War]'' (R. Clarke Company, 1899), p. 199.</ref> This sentiment was encouraged by a June 4, 1861, speech in Huntsville by [[U.S. Senator]] [[Andrew Johnson]].<ref name=TNenc/><ref name=Switz>{{citation |url=http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/07/the-switzerland-of-america/ | author= Astor, Aaron | title= The Switzerland of America | work= Opinionator: Exclusive On-Line Commentary From The Times | publisher= New York Times | date= June 11, 2011 | access-date= December 21, 2011}}</ref> In 1861, the [[county commission|county assembly]] officially enacted a resolution seceding from the state of Tennessee, and thus the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]], forming the "Free and Independent State of Scott," also known simply as the "State of Scott." The county remained a pro-Union [[enclave]] throughout the war.<ref name=TNenc/><ref>Evan Andrews, "[http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/6-unionist-strongholds-in-the-south-during-the-civil-war 6 Southern Unionist Strongholds During the Civil War], History.com, January 13, 2015.</ref> [[Ulysses S. Grant]] received over 90% of the vote in Scott County during both the [[1868 United States presidential election]] and the [[1872 United States presidential election]]. The proclamation was finally repealed, over a hundred years later, by Scott County in 1986.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030206004701/http://www.scotttn.org/pages/history.html History of Scott County, Tennessee]. Retrieved at Web Archive February 16, 2013.</ref>
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