Henry Hollis Horton
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Henry Hollis Horton was an American attorney, farmer and politician who served as the 36th governor of Tennessee from 1927 to 1933. He was elevated to the position when Governor Austin Peay died in of
Henry Hollis Horton
Hill McAlister
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Harry Hill McAlister was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 37th governor of Tennessee from 1933 to 1937. He also served as Nashville's city attorney in the early 1900s, and as Tennes
Henry Hollis Horton
…Tennessean, to help him win reelection in 1928. Lea's rivals, Memphis political boss E. H. Crump and Nashville political boss Hilary Howse, endorsed Hill McAlister, who had been defeated by Peay in 1926. A third candidate, Lewis S. Pope, also sought the Democratic nomination, and had the backing of Peay's widow…
Portrait, c. 1930