Gordon Browning

Gordon Weaver Browning was an American politician who served as Governor of Tennessee from 1937 to 1939, and again from 1949 to 1953. He also served six terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, from 1923 to 1935, and was Chancellor of Tennessees Eighth Chancery District in the 1940s. As governor, he stabilized state finances, doubled the states mileage of paved roads, and enacted legislation to curb voter fraud. His victory in the hardfought 1948 gubernatorial campaign helped break the power of Memphis political boss E.160H. Crump.

Browning was born near Atwood in Carroll County, Tennessee, the son of James and Melissa Browning. When he was still young, his parents moved to Milan, Tennessee, where his father served as a justice of the peace. After graduating from Milan High School in 1908, Browning enrolled in Valparaiso University in Indiana, where he earned tuition money waiting tables. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor of Pedagogy in 1913.

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