Buford Ellington

Buford Ellington
Chair of the National Governors Association
In office
July 21, 1968 – August 31, 1969
Preceded byJohn Volpe
Succeeded byJohn Arthur Love
42nd Governor of Tennessee
In office
January 16, 1967 – January 16, 1971
LieutenantFrank Gorrell
Preceded byFrank G. Clement
Succeeded byWinfield Dunn
In office
January 19, 1959 – January 15, 1963
LieutenantWilliam D. Baird
Preceded byFrank G. Clement
Succeeded byFrank G. Clement
Director of the Office of Emergency Planning
In office
March 4, 1965 – March 23, 1966
PresidentLyndon B. Johnson
Preceded byEdward McDermott
Succeeded byC. Farris Bryant
Personal details
Born
Earl Buford Ellington

(1907-06-27)June 27, 1907
Holmes County, Mississippi, U.S.
DiedApril 3, 1972(1972-04-03) (aged 64)
Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseCatherine Cheek
EducationHolmes Community College
Millsaps College

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.[1]

  1. ^ Vaughn May, "Buford Ellington," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2009. Retrieved: 29 December 2012.