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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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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.
Oct 8, 2017 · Winfield C. Dunn was the first Republican governor of Tennessee in a half-century, elected in 1970. He served as governor for four years and created a statewide kindergarten program, a Department of Economic and Community Development, and a Department of General Services. He also reduced the historic tensions between the state's three “Grand Divisions” and supported George Bush's presidential campaigns.
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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 ...
Bryant Winfield Culberson Dunn 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.
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. Tornado warning issued for Cheatham and ...
Bryant Winfield Culberson Dunn (born July 1, 1927) is an American politician, dentist, and medical industry official. He was Governor of Tennessee from 1971 to 1975. He was the state's first Republican governor in fifty years, and was the sixth one since the Civil War . Dunn ran for a second term in 1986. He lost to Ned McWherter.
