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Bryant Winfield Culberson Dunn (born July 1, 1927) is an American businessman and politician who served as the 43rd governor of Tennessee from 1971 to 1975. He was the state's first Republican governor in fifty years. Dunn was an unsuccessful candidate for a second term in 1986, losing to Democrat Ned McWherter. He has remained active in the ...
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Winfield Dunn’s election in 1970 remains one of the most significant political accomplishments in Tennessee history. An unknown Memphis dentist winning the GOP primary over better known and better funded candidates was something of a political miracle; managing to win the general election and become the first Republican governor in fifty ...
Oct 8, 2017 · Winfield C. Dunn. Written by Michael Rogers. 2 minutes to read. In November 1970 Winfield Dunn defeated Democratic Party nominee John J. Hooker and became the first Republican to be elected governor of Tennessee in a half-century.
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The Winfield Dunn Center has been home to Governors athletics since it opened in 1975. Located at the corner of Marion Street and Drane Street on the Austin Peay State University campus, the facility was completed in 1975 at a cost of approximately $5.3 million.
Sep 12, 2016 · Winfield Dunn: From the Dentist’s Office to the State’s Highest Office, Making History Along the Way. Growing up in Meridian, Mississippi, Winfield Dunn recalls a time when he was around 7 or 8 and a playmate invited Dunn to join him in a swim across a pond on a cold March day. Dunn jumped into the water. The other boy didn’t.
Jan 29, 2021 · Winfield Dunn, the first Republican Tennessee governor in half a century in 1971, enjoyed all his inauguration ceremonies with his family and guests.
Former Tennessee Governor. UT Health Science Center, ’55. Photo by Adam Brimer / University of Tennessee. In his 2007 book, From A Standing Start: My Tennessee Political Odyssey, former Tennessee Gov. Winfield acknowledges the question he most often hears: “How in the world did a dentist from Memphis ever get to be the governor of our state?”
