Harry Hill McAlister (July 15, 1875 – October 30, 1959) was Governor of Tennessee from 1933 to 1937. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 637 - Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of Iron bridge. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Hill McAlister was born in Nashville to a family kin to at least two former governors of Tennessee (Willie Blount and Aaron V. Brown) and the former (and only) governor of the predecessor Southwest Territory, William Blount. A governor is a governing official usually the executive (at least nominally to different degrees also politically and administratively of a non-sovereign level of government Tennessee ( is a state located in the Southern United States. Willie Blount (April 18 1768 September 10 1835 served as Governor of Tennessee from 1809 to 1815 Aaron Venable Brown ( August 15, 1795 March 8, 1859) was a Governor of Tennessee and Postmaster General in the Buchanan The Southwest Territory, formally known as the Territory South of the River Ohio, was a historic Organized territory of the United States corresponding William Blount, ( March 26, 1749 ( OS)/ April 6, 1749 (NS – March 21, 1800) was a United States After graduation from Vanderbilt University law school, he was admitted to the bar and served for a time as Nashville city attorney. Vanderbilt University is a private, Nonsectarian, Coeducational Research University in Nashville, Tennessee, A law school (also known as a school of law or college of law) is an institution specializing in Legal education. An attorney at law (or attorney-at-law) in the United States is a practitioner in a court of law who is legally qualified to prosecute He was later elected to the Tennessee State Senate and subsequently elected by the General Assembly to a total five terms as State Treasurer (1919-1927 and 1931-1933). The Tennessee Senate is the Upper house of the Tennessee state Legislature, which is known formally as the Tennessee General Assembly The Tennessee General Assembly is the state legislature of the U Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. After failing twice to achieve the Democratic nomination for governor, he received it in 1932 during his final term as Treasurer. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar.
McAlister's election occurred at the depths of the Great Depression, on the same day that Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected President of the United States. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by He favored most of Roosevelt's New Deal measures, including especially the Tennessee Valley Authority and labor reforms, including unemployment compensation. The New Deal was the name that United States President Franklin D The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA is a federally owned Corporation in the United States created by congressional charter in May 1933 to provide Re-elected in 1934, he incurred the enmity of powerful Memphis political "boss" E. H. Crump and did not seek a third term in 1936. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Memphis is a City in the southwest corner of Tennessee, and the County seat of Shelby County. A political machine is an unofficial system of a political organization based on Patronage, the Spoils system, "behind-the-scenes" control and longstanding Edward Hull "Boss" Crump ( October 2, 1874 &ndash October 16, 1954) was a Memphis Tennessee Insurance broker Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He maintained a relatively low profile in his later years.
| Preceded by Henry Hollis Horton |
Governor of Tennessee 1933-1937 |
Succeeded by Gordon Browning |
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