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Leonard Ray Blanton (April 10, 1930 – November 22, 1996) [1] [2] 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.
Jun 11, 2021 · Samuel Pettyjohn, a Chattanooga businessman and close friend of Jimmy Hoffa, was fatally shot in 1979 after testifying about a corrupt governor selling prison pardons. The new details reveal that the Blanton administration helped fund the contract murder of Pettyjohn, who cooperated with the FBI and was a key witness in the cash-for-clemency scandal.
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Oct 8, 2017 · A biography of Ray Blanton, a three-term congressman and one-term governor of Tennessee who served from 1974 to 1979. Learn about his political career, controversies, achievements, and legacy in the state's history.
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 · 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 ...
- Reis Thebault
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 · 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...
