Jim Nance McCord

Who was Jim Nance McCord?

Jim Nance McCord was an American journalist and politician who served as Governor of Tennessee from 1945 to 1949, and was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1943 to 1945. He was also Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Conservation from 1953 to 1958, and was a delegate to the state constitutional convention of 1953. Prior to state and national service, McCord served as Mayor of Lewisburg, Tennessee, from 1916 to 1942, and was publisher and editor of the Marshall Gazette.

As governor, McCord greatly increased funding for education, instituted a state sales tax, and enacted right-to-work legislation.