Hill McAlister | |
|---|---|
 | |
| 37th Governor of Tennessee | |
| In office January 17, 1933 – January 15, 1937 | |
| Preceded by | Henry H. Horton |
| Succeeded by | Gordon Browning |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 15, 1875 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | October 30, 1959 (aged 84) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Resting place | Mount Olivet Cemetery (Nashville) |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Louise Jackson (m. 1901) |
| Relations | Willie Blount (great-great-grandfather) Aaron V. Brown (great-grandfather) Howell Jackson (father-in-law) |
| Alma mater | Vanderbilt University (1897)[1] |
| Profession | Attorney |
Harry Hill McAlister (July 15, 1875 – October 30, 1959) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 37th governor of Tennessee from 1933 to 1937. He also served as Nashville's city attorney in the early 1900s, and as Tennessee's state treasurer in the 1920s and early 1930s. Inaugurated as governor at the height of the Great Depression, McAlister enacted massive spending cuts in an attempt to stabilize state finances. He coordinated federal programs in the state aimed at providing Depression-era relief.[2]
McAlister withdrew from state politics in 1936 following a quarrel with powerful Memphis political boss E. H. Crump. He spent the last two decades of his life as a Referee in Bankruptcy in Nashville's district court.[3]
- ^ Finding Aid for Hill McAlister Papers[permanent dead link], Tennessee State Library and Archives, 1975. Retrieved: 11 December 2012.
- ^ Dan Pierce, "Hill McAlister," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2009. Retrieved: 11 December 2012.
- ^ Phillip Langsdon, Tennessee: A Political History (Franklin, Tenn.: Hillsboro Press, 2000), pp. 305–309, 319-325.