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Carroll Reece: Tennessee’s ‘Mr. Republican’ Pt12

by design | Jun 20, 2021 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Ray Hill Carroll Reece had spent a decade in Congress serving Tennessee’s First Congressional District when he had been upset by Oscar Byrd Lovette, the former district attorney general from Greene County in the 1930 general election.  Reece had faced a tough...

Carroll Reece: Tennessee’s ‘Mr. Republican’ Part 11

by design | Jun 13, 2021 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Ray Hill Carroll Reece, congressman from Tennessee’s First District for a decade, had been upset in the 1930 election by Oscar Byrd Lovette, the former district attorney for a few counties surrounding Greene County.  Lovette’s victory had been highly improbable;...

Carroll Reece: Tennessee’s ‘Mr. Republican’ Part 10

by design | Jun 6, 2021 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:

  By Ray Hill On January 9, 1932, twelve hundred Republicans from Tennessee’s First Congressional District had converged upon the Hamblen County courthouse in Morristown to demand former congressman Brazilla Carroll Reece once again run for Congress. Reece had...

Tennessee’s ‘Unholy Trinity’: I.D. Beasley

by design | May 31, 2021 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Ray Hill The trio of colorful legislators who exerted enormous influence in the Tennessee General Assembly for decades – – – Walter M. “Pete” Haynes, I. D. Beasley, and James H. Cummings – – – were commonly known in Nashville as...

Tennessee’s ‘Unholy Trinity’: I.D. Beasley

by Ray Hill | May 30, 2021 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Ray Hill The trio of colorful legislators who exerted enormous influence in the Tennessee General Assembly for decades – – – Walter M. “Pete” Haynes, I. D. Beasley, and James H. Cummings – – – were commonly known in Nashville as...

Tennessee’s ‘Unholy Trinity:’ Walter ‘Pete’ Haynes

by Ray Hill | May 23, 2021 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Ray Hill For decades the Tennessee General Assembly was largely ruled by three men: Walter M. “Pete” Haynes of Decherd; I. D. Beasley of Carthage and James H. Cummings of Woodbury.  Known as the “Unholy Trinity”, the three men were powerful legislators and highly...
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