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Ned McWherter. Ned Ray McWherter (October 15, 1930 – April 4, 2011) was an American businessman and politician who served as the 46th Governor of Tennessee, from 1987 to 1995. Prior to that, he served as Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1973 to 1987, the longest tenure as Speaker up to that time. [2] : 79.
Oct 8, 2017 · 2 minutes to read. Ned Ray McWherter, governor and Speaker of the Tennessee House, was born in Palmersville, Weakley County, to Harmon Ray and Lucille Golden Smith McWherter in 1930. Educated in the public schools of Dresden, the seat of Weakley County, McWherter joined the Tennessee National Guard in 1948 and served until 1969, when he retired ...
Apr 5, 2011 · By Douglas Martin. April 4, 2011. Ned McWherter, a sharecropper’s son who as governor of Tennessee cajoled the legislature into passing a sweeping health care overhaul, making it the first state ...
Apr 7, 2011 · As Ned Ray McWherter goes to his grave, he takes with him the white, rural, conservative wing of the Democratic Party, not just in Tennessee but across the South. McWherter and the movement have ...
Apr 5, 2011 · Ned Ray McWherter was born Oct. 15, 1930, in Palmersville, Tenn., and grew up on a small farm on which his parents were sharecroppers. Mr. McWherter’s business career began as a shoe factory ...
Ned McWherter, 1930-2011. Ned Ray McWherter, a son of West Tennessee sharecroppers who became one of the state's most respected governors, died Monday in Nashville at the age of 80. A man of ...
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Apr 8, 2011 · NED MCWHERTER Obituary. Dresden - Ned Ray McWherter, who was born a sharecropper’s son in the Great Depression and went on to a career as a successful businessman, House speaker, Tennessee ...
