Ray Blanton - Wikipedia
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 1967 to 1973.
1979 contract murder of federal witness tied to former Tennessee ...
2021年6月11日 · 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...
Murder-for-hire and paid pardons | A Tenn. governor’s buried
2023年5月15日 · 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.
Ousted Tenn. Governor Linked to Decades-Old Contract Murder …
2021年6月10日 · 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...
Blanton, Leonard Ray - Tennessee Encyclopedia
2017年10月8日 · 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 ...
Closed cold case murder tied to ousted Tennessee governor
2021年6月9日 · 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...
A Tennessee Waltz: Ray Blanton's Last Dance - WVLT
2023年5月18日 · Tennesseans know Leonard Ray Blanton as the 44th governor of their state from 1975 to 1979. His portrait still hangs in the state house, but most are unaware of the buried history about his tumultuous time in office and the scandal that ended with his unprecedented removal from his seat.
Samuel Pettyjohn's 1979 Murder Tied To Tenn. Gov. Ray Blanton
2021年6月10日 · Samuel Pettyjohn, a personal friend of Jimmy Hoffa's who once testified to a federal grand jury about former a parole and pardon scheme involving former Tennessee Gov. Ray Blanton was shot and killed by a hitman in 1979.
Closed cold case murder tied to ousted Tennessee governor
2021年6月10日 · 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...
New details tie closed cold case murder from 1979 to ousted ... - PennLive
2021年6月9日 · 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.