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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.
- 1947–1968
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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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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.
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 McWherter, former Tennessee governor, dies at 80 ... Ned Ray McWherter was born Oct. 15, 1930, in Palmersville, Tenn., and grew up on a small farm on which his parents were sharecroppers.
