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

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269 Abramson, Rudy, 73 Acuff, Roy, 12, 29 Agnew, Spiro, 13 Alexander, Andy and Flo, 6, 7, 27–28, 229 Alexander, Honey background, 23–24 domestic activities, 20, 24–25, 30, 109, 124–25, 223 at official inauguration, 227–29 political activities, 25–26 quoted, xii, xiv, 21, 121, 142, 164, 189, 195, 229 at swearing-in ceremony, 173, 190, 192, 196, 198–200 Alexander, Lamar, xii–xiv, 93, 165–66, 173–74, 176, 239 Alexander’s Washboard Band, 28–29 background, 5–8, 16–18, 29, 128, 184, 191, 223, 228, 251 children, 20, 24–25, 109, 239 Dunn’s campaign manager, 11–14, 25 early political career, 8, 11, 24, 120 gubernatorial term, 141, 237 inaugural planning, 55–56, 108–12, 120, 200 midcareer activities, 21–23, 25, 191 1974 gubernatorial race, 8–9, 15–18, 21, 23, 25, 26, 191 1978 gubernatorial race, 23, 25–34, 49–51, 149, 191, 238 official inauguration, 226–31, 253 post-oath activities, 210–11, 224 staff choices, 56, 109–12, 116–17, 120, 207, 223 at swearing-in ceremonies, 173, 189– 93, 196, 198, 223, 227 Index Page numbers in bold refer to photographs. swearing-in ceremony, 196–202, 207, 253 swearing-in crisis, 115–25, 142–44, 146–64, 188–95, 233–34 “Alexander’s Ragtime Band,” 29 All the King’s Men, 196 Allen, Jim, 35, 40 Allison, Hank, 45–46, 186, 195, 203–5 Allison, Robert, 46 Allison, Sue, 46 Armour, Claude, 14 Ashe, Martha, 146 Ashe, Victor, II, 146–47, 224, 239 Atchley, Ben, 138–39 Bailey, Doug, 23, 26, 160–61, 166, 235–36, 239 Baker, Howard H., Jr., 31–32, 92, 116, 227, 239–40 Alexander’s work for, 8, 11–12, 20– 22, 223 on Nixon pardon, 17 senatorial campaigns, 5, 7–8, 10, 17, 32, 64, 120 Baldwin, Arthur, 54, 107–8 Ball, Edward D., 71–72 Barrett, George, 251 Bass, Ross, 21 Batista, Fulgencio, 128 Beall, Sandy, 12, 21 Beasley, Tom, 96, 253 Beckman, Ed, 210–11 Bell, Griffin B., xiv, 107, 113 Bell, Robbie, 189 Benson, Charles, 52, 54 Benson, Don, 102 270 COUP Benson, Tom, 5, 19, 213–14, 254 Berlin, Irving, 29 Biddle, Nelson, 140–41, 187, 240 Blanton, Betty, 109, 172, 194, 218, 221, 230, 239 Blanton, Gene, 43, 50, 54, 214, 220, 240, 254 Blanton, Leonard, 4 Blanton, Ray, xii–xiv, 92–94, 168–69, 172 background, 4–6, 46, 205 clemency-for-cash scandal, 39–41, 49–51, 54–55, 57–58, 100–118, 142–44, 153–54 compared to Nixon, 41–42 drinking problem, 43, 44–45, 65, 108, 154 early political career, 5, 8, 66 grounds for ousting, 157–59, 190–91, 198–99, 201, 203, 208–9, 214, 216–17, 235 gubernatorial race, 8–9, 15–18, 25, 47, 64, 77 gubernatorial term, 18–19, 38, 44–49, 62, 66, 77–78, 107, 133 Humphreys case, 38–41, 43, 49–51, 57, 66, 77, 100, 106, 153, 186, 191, 203 ousting from office, 163–64, 185–95, 199, 203–5, 208, 215–17, 219–21, 224, 235 personality, 43–48, 65, 216–17, 219, 220, 255 post-gubernatorial life, xii, 16, 77, 227, 230–31, 239, 240 press relations, 38–40, 45, 47, 65–66 Blocker, Dan, 96 Bone, Charles, 61, 251 Bradley, Leonard, 138–40 Bragg, John, 130, 251–52 Bragg, Tommy, III, 131, 240 Brandon, Arthur, 213 Brandt, Robert S., 61, 216 Bredesen, Phil, 243, 245 Briley, Beverly, 74 Brock, Bill, 13, 22, 25, 48, 64, 92, 146, 180–83 Brown, John P., 214 Brown, Joseph, 113–14, 152–53, 206 Browning, Gordon, 136 Buhler, Betty Jo, 23–24 Buhler, Frank, 23 Burns, Arthur, 116 Burson, Charles, 61 Bush, George H. W., 239 Bush, George W., 146 Butcher, C. H., 50 Butcher, Jake, 15–16, 26, 31–34, 49–51, 98, 123, 208, 238, 240 Caldwell, Nat, 70, 253 Campbell, Sandy, 175, 221–22 Cannon, James, 22 Carl, William, 229 Carter, Amon G., 67–68, 69 Carter, Billy, 94 Carter, Jimmy, 22, 59, 63, 98, 106, 113, 116, 133 Castro, Fidel, 128 Caylor, Dave, 195, 204, 209 Chapman, Richard, 212 Chattanooga Times, 41–42, 186 Cheek, Duren, 185–86, 197, 205–6 Choate, Pat, 19 Clark, Chris, 13, 195, 204, 240–41 Clement, Bob, 26, 31, 49 Clement, Frank G., 6, 9–10, 35–36, 76, 79, 91, 160, 177–80 Clement, Frank G., Jr., 179 Clinton, Bill, 133, 176, 244 Cobb, Steve, 237–38 Commercial Appeal (Memphis), 41, 126...