After the 1860 presidential election, why did Republicans reject any further compromise on the slavery issue? They believed that moderate southerners would soon regain control, and that compromise on matters of basic principle was tantamount to surrender.
Hank Williams had two children, Hank Williams Jr. and Jett Williams. + 53 others found this useful.
As new country took over the airwaves in the '90s, Williams slowly disappeared from the charts and his concerts stopped selling as well as they did ten years earlier, yet he retained a devoted core audience throughout the decade. The son of Hank and Audrey Williams, Hank Jr. was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, in 1949. Less than four years later, his father died, leaving behind a huge legacy. When Hank Jr. was eight years old, Audrey decided to push her son into the spotlight, positioning him as the rightful heir to his father's legacy.