Winfield Dunn

Winfield Dunn
43rd Governor of Tennessee
In office
January 16, 1971 – January 18, 1975
LieutenantJohn Wilder
Preceded byBuford Ellington
Succeeded byRay Blanton
Personal details
Born
Bryant Winfield Culberson Dunn

(1927-07-01) July 1, 1927 (age 97)
Meridian, Mississippi, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseBetty Prichard
Children3
Parent
EducationUniversity of Mississippi, Oxford (BBA)
University of Tennessee, Memphis (DDS)
OccupationDentist
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Navy
Years of service1944–1946
Battles/warsWorld War II

Bryant Winfield Culberson Dunn (born July 1, 1927) is an American businessman and politician who served as the 43rd governor of Tennessee from 1971 to 1975. He was the state's first Republican governor in fifty years.[1] Dunn was an unsuccessful candidate for a second term in 1986, losing to Democrat Ned McWherter. He has remained active in the Republican Party and the medical field since the end of his term as governor.[2]

  1. ^ Phillip Langsdon, Tennessee: A Political History (Franklin, Tenn.: Hillsboro Press, 2000), pp. 370-381, 396-397.
  2. ^ Michael Rogers, "Winfield Dunn," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2009. Retrieved: 30 December 2012.