Gordon Browning

Gordon Browning
38th Governor of Tennessee
In office January 16, 1949 – January 15, 1953
Preceded by	Jim Nance McCord
Succeeded by	Frank G. Clement
In office January 15, 1937 – January 16, 1939
Preceded by	Hill McAlister
Succeeded by	Prentice Cooper
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 7th district
In office March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935
Preceded by	Willa Eslick
Succeeded by	Herron C. Pearson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 8th district
In office March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1933
Preceded by	Lon Scott
Succeeded by	Jere Cooper
Personal details
Born	(1889-11-22)November 22, 1889 Carroll County, Tennessee, U.S.
Died	May 23, 1976(1976-05-23) (aged 86) Huntingdon, Tennessee, U.S.
Resting place	Oak Hill Cemetery, Huntingdon, Tennessee
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Ida Leach ​ (m. 1920)​
Profession	Attorney
Awards	Legion of Merit[1]
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Army
Years of service	1917–1919 1943–1947[2]
Rank	Lieutenant colonel
Battles/wars	World War I World War II

Gordon Weaver Browning (November 22, 1889 – May 23, 1976) was an American politician who served as the 38th governor of Tennessee from 1937 to 1939, and again from 1949 to 1953. He also served six terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, from 1923 to 1935, and was Chancellor of Tennessee's Eighth Chancery District in the 1940s. As governor, he stabilized state finances, doubled the state's mileage of paved roads, and enacted legislation to curb voter fraud. His victory in the hard-fought 1948 gubernatorial campaign helped break the power of Memphis political boss E. H. Crump.^[3]

In the years following World War II, Browning served in the Allied occupational government in Germany, and was a civil affairs advisor on the staff of General Dwight D. Eisenhower.^[2]