Buford Ellington
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Earl Buford Ellington was an American politician who served as the 42nd governor of Tennessee from 1959 to 1963, and again from 1967 to 1971. Along with his political ally, Frank G. Clement, he helped
Earl Buford Ellington, Tennessee Governor
Ellington (center), photographed by Ed Westcott at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 1958
Elvis Presley and Gov. Buford Ellington at a joint convention of the Tennessee General Assembly.
Elvis Presley visiting the Tennessee State Capitol, Nashville, Tennessee. He is pictured with Governor Buford Ellington's daughter, Ann (later Ann Ellington Wagner), and an unidentified young boy.
John Jay Hooker
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John Jay Hooker, Jr. was an American attorney, entrepreneur, political gadfly and perennial candidate from Nashville, Tennessee, who was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Tennessee in 1970 and 19
Buford Ellington
…federal relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Betsy. Ellington again sought the Democratic Party nomination for governor in 1966. His opponent, John Jay Hooker, was a friend of former Governor Browning, and had been endorsed by the Nashville Tennessean. Ellington was endorsed by President Johnson, Clement, and…
Hooker in 2014