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Ray Blanton. Leonard Ray Blanton (April 10, 1930 – November 22, 1996) [1] [2] was an American businessman and politician who served as the 44th governor of Tennessee from 1975 to 1979. He also served three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, from 1967 to 1973. Though he initiated a number of government reforms and was instrumental in ...
Jun 11, 2021 · In this Jan. 11, 1979, file photo, Tennessee Gov. Ray Blanton appears before a joint session to give his final State of the State message in Nashville before leaving office on Jan. 20. bc / AP ...
Oct 8, 2017 · Ray Blanton, three-term congressman and one-term governor, was born in April 1930, in Hardin County and grew up on a farm close to the small town of Adamsville in McNairy County. His “dirt-poor” upbringing in the cotton fields of West Tennessee permanently endowed Blanton with a rough-hewn populist tendency that endeared him to the working ...
Jun 10, 2021 · By Reis Thebault. June 10, 2021 at 4:08 p.m. EDT. Saadiq Pettyjohn, center, son of Samuel Pettyjohn on Wednesday in Chattanooga, Tenn. (Kimberlee Kruesi/AP) The details would be at home in a ...
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Jun 10, 2021 · The scandal ultimately led to the ousting of Democratic Gov. Ray Blanton, who was never indicted in the investigation By Kimberlee Kruesi • Published June 10, 2021 AP Photo/Kimberlee Kruesi
Nov 23, 1996 · By From News Services. November 22, 1996 at 7:00 p.m. EST. JACKSON, TENN. -- Former Tennessee governor Ray Blanton, 66, who was ousted from office three days early in a "cash-for-clemency" scandal ...
Jul 16, 2021 · It involves the corrupt administration of Tennessee Gov. Ray Blanton during the mid-to-late 1970s. For those just tuning in, the slime oozing out of Nashville back then was the stuff of legend.
