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Jun 10, 2021 · Cracked cold case links corrupt ex-governor to the murder of a witness who ‘knew too much,’ officials say. By Reis Thebault. June 10, 2021 at 4:08 p.m. EDT. Saadiq Pettyjohn, center, son of ...
Nov 30, 2023 · WVLT News sat down with the men and women involved in the first-of-its-kind investigation into former Gov. Ray Blanton and the scandal that stained his administration. The chaotic swearing in of a Tenn. governor and how both sides of the aisle came together. Updated: Nov. 30, 2023 at 12:06 PM PST. |. By Kelly Ann Krueger and Brittany Tarwater.
Nov 23, 1996 · JACKSON, TENN. -- Former Tennessee governor Ray Blanton, 66, who was ousted from office three days early in a "cash-for-clemency" scandal that was one of the biggest in Tennessee history and...
Jan 16, 2015 · Leonard Ray Blanton of McNairy County, a one-time farm boy who went on to the state legislature and three terms in Congress, took the oath of office Jan. 18, 1975, in a cramped and steamy War...
Leonard Ray Blanton (April 10, 1930 – November 22, 1996) 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 1964 to 1970.
Nov 23, 1996 · Former Gov. Ray Blanton, ousted from office three days early in a ''cash-for-clemency'' scandal that rocked Tennessee in the late 1970's, died today at Jackson-Madison County Hospital here. He...
Blanton was removed as governor amid allegations of selling pardons; he was later convicted on charges of mail fraud and conspiracy to sell liquor licenses and served 22 months in prison. He died on November 22, 1996, of kidney disease and is buried in Shiloh, Tennessee.
