Buford Ellington

Buford Ellington
Chair of the National Governors Association
In office July 21, 1968 – August 31, 1969
Preceded by	John Volpe
Succeeded by	John Arthur Love
42nd Governor of Tennessee
In office January 16, 1967 – January 16, 1971
Lieutenant	Frank Gorrell
Preceded by	Frank G. Clement
Succeeded by	Winfield Dunn
In office January 19, 1959 – January 15, 1963
Lieutenant	William D. Baird
Preceded by	Frank G. Clement
Succeeded by	Frank G. Clement
Director of the Office of Emergency Planning
In office March 4, 1965 – March 23, 1966
President	Lyndon B. Johnson
Preceded by	Edward McDermott
Succeeded by	C. Farris Bryant
Personal details
Born	Earl Buford Ellington (1907-06-27)June 27, 1907 Holmes County, Mississippi, U.S.
Died	April 3, 1972(1972-04-03) (aged 64) Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Catherine Cheek
Education	Holmes 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]