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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.
- 1947–1968
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Apr 5, 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 to offer health insurance to...
Oct 8, 2017 · 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.
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Apr 5, 2011 · Ned McWherter, a onetime factory worker who became a millionaire businessman and two-term Democratic governor after two decades as a legislator, died April 4 of cancer at a Nashville hospital.
As the forty-sixth governor of Tennessee, McWherter provided progressive leadership by insisting all proceedings of the House be open to the public and press. He was the original sponsor of the “sunshine law” and always adhered to an open-door policy with his constituents.
Apr 4, 2011 · NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Ned McWherter, a one-time factory worker who became a millionaire businessman and two-term Democratic governor after two decades as a legislator, died Monday afternoon. He...
Mar 12, 2024 · Ned Ray McWherter, a Democrat from Dresden, was settling into his new job as speaker of the state House of Representatives when the legislative battle to establish a medical school at East...
