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Born in Bedford County on March 17, 1879, Jim Nance McCord had an active private career as a merchant, an auctioneer, and newspaper publisher. In public life he served as a Representative to the United States Congress from 1943 to 1945, Governor of Tennessee from 1945 to 1949, Commissioner of Conservation in 1952, and a member of the Constitutional Convention in 1953. He was elected to thirteen terms as Mayor of Lewisburg, Tennessee, serving from 1916 to 1942. He died on September 2, 1968.
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