Coup: The Day the Democrats Ousted Their Governor, Put Republican Lamar Alexander in Office Early, and Stopped a Pardon Scandal

Sources: The Interviews

257 Honey Alexander Senator Lamar Alexander Sue Allison Ambassador Victor Ashe Doug Bailey J. B. Baker George E. Barrett Trooper Ed Beckman Commissioner Tom Benson Nelson Biddle Gene Blanton Charles W. Bone Leonard Bradley Chancellor Robert S. Brandt Governor Phil Bredesen Donna Leech Brown Judge John P. Brown Richard Chapman Chris Clark Judge Frank G. Clement Jr. Representative Steve Cobb Judge Lew Conner Chief Deputy Attorney General C. Hayes Cooney Justice Robert E. Cooper Attorney General Robert E. Cooper Jr. Ed Cromer Brooks Crowell A. B. Culvahouse Jr. Lee Waddell (Lucas) Curtis Larry Daughtrey Sources The Interviews Mayor Karl Dean Representative Lois DeBerry Randall Dickerson Bruce Dobie Mike Donegan Commissioner Lewis R. Donelson Governor Winfield Dunn Ron Eberhardt Commissioner Jane G. Eskind Jack Faris Mike Fitts, FAIA David B. Fox Jim Free O. H. (Shorty) Freeland Senator Tom Garland Commissioner Bill Gibbons Frank Gibson Agent John Gisler Commissioner Dave Goetz Congressman Bart Gordon J. Houston Gordon Vice President Al Gore Commissioner Francis S. Guess Doug Hall James E. Hall Mary Hance William L. Harbison US Attorney Hal Hardin Estie Harris Aubrey B. Harwell Jr. Speaker Beth Harwell Sam Hatcher 258 COUP Betty Haynes Faye Head Senator Douglas Henry Commissioner Jim Henry Joseph W. Henry Jr. Judy Hill Agent Henderson (Hank) Hillin John Jay Hooker Jr. Tom Humphrey Assistant Attorney General William W. (Tripp) Hunt III Martha R. Ingram Tom Ingram Commissioner Billy L. Jones Joel Kaplan Trooper David Keck Sam Kennedy Trooper Denny King Commissioner John K. King Commissioner Matt Kisber Debby Patterson Koch Justice William C. Koch Judge Walter C. Kurtz C. Lewis Lavine Marc F. Lavine Becca Leech Katie Leech William M. Leech III Rick Locker Mayor B. F. (Jack) Lowery Sr. Commissioner J. W. Luna Judge John Jared Maddux Jr. Commissioner David Manning Carol Marin Janice Mashburn Senator Harlan Mathews Bruce McCarty Doug McCarty Mark McNeely Mike McWherter Governor Ned McWherter Senator Carl Moore Bob Mueller Ben Murphy Speaker Jimmy Naifeh Roy Neel Betty Chiles Nixon James A. O’Hara III Charles L. Overby Ann Marie Deer Owens Brooks Parker Virginia Parker Courtney N. Pearre Carl A. Pierce Mike Pigott Wendell Potter Molly Leach Pratt Madelyn B. Pritchett Mayor Bill Purcell Howell H. Raines Ken Renner Kenneth L. Roberts S. H. (Bo) Roberts Senator Bob Rochelle Representative J. Stanley Rogers Karl Schledwitz Fred Sedahl John L. Seigenthaler John Michael Seigenthaler Carole Sergent T. Edward Sisk Cleve Smith M. Lee Smith Billy Stair Tom Sterritt Attorney General Paul G. Summers Frank Sutherland Congressman John S. Tanner Assistant Attorney General Michael E. Terry Senator Fred Thompson Jim Travis Sources: The Interviews 259 Commissioner Charles A. Trost Karl VanDevender, MD James M. Weaver Judge David Welles E. W. (Bud) Wendell Ken Whitehouse Sharon Sinclair Wiggs David Wilder J. Shelton Wilder Allen Williams Susan Richardson Williams Carole Martin Willis Peggy Reisser Winburne Trooper Herchel Winstead Judge Tom Wiseman Frank A. Woods Larry D. Woods Edward M. Yarbrough ...