Buford Ellington
Tennessee politician
Died when: 64 years 281 days (777 months)Star Sign: Cancer
Earl Buford Ellington (June 27, 1907 – April 3, 1972) 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 lead a political machine that controlled the governor's office for 18 years, from 1953 to 1971.
Ellington was a supporter of President Lyndon B.Johnson; he was appointed in 1965 as the Director of the Office of Emergency Planning during the Johnson Administration.
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