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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 1967 to 1973.
Jun 11, 2021 · The scandal ultimately led to the ousting of Democratic Gov. Ray Blanton, who was never indicted in the investigation - but three of his aides were. However, questions have lingered about...
Oct 8, 2017 · Ray Blanton, three-term congressman and one-term governor, was born in April 1930, in Hardin County and grew up on a farm close to the small town of Adamsville in McNairy County. His “dirt-poor” upbringing in the cotton fields of West Tennessee permanently endowed Blanton with a rough-hewn populist tendency that endeared him to the working ...
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.
May 15, 2023 · Just five days before inauguration day, Gov. Ray Blanton drove to the capitol around 7 p.m. and pardoned or issued commutations for 52 people, including 26 convicted murderers. FBI agents believed many of them paid cash for their release.
Jun 10, 2021 · Instead, a group of men in suits recounted the sensational story at a staid news conference this week in Chattanooga, Tenn. — the conclusion of a 42-year-old cold case that investigators just...
Jun 9, 2021 · CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A former Tennessee governor’s administration helped fund a contract murder of a key federal witness decades ago while embroiled in the state’s largest political...
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...
Jun 10, 2021 · The scandal ultimately led to the ousting of Democratic Gov. Ray Blanton, who was never indicted in the investigation — but three of his aides were. However, questions have lingered about the...
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...
