Background
BLANTON, Leonard was born on April 10, 1930 in Hardin Company, Tennessee, United States. Son of Leonard Alonza Blanton and Ova A. Delaney Blanton.
BLANTON, Leonard was born on April 10, 1930 in Hardin Company, Tennessee, United States. Son of Leonard Alonza Blanton and Ova A. Delaney Blanton.
Old Shiloh High School and University of Tennessee.
Executive Committee National Governors’ Conference. Former Chairman Democratic National Governors’ Conference Task Force on Institute Trade and Tourism. Chairman Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority.
Sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for extortion and conspiracy 1981, served two.
Democrat.; Executive Chamber Tennessee State Capitol, Nashville, Tennessee 37219, United States A Telephone: (615) 741-2001 (Office). (615) 383-5401 (Home).
Tennessee House of Representatives 1964-1966. Foreign Tennessee, United States House of Representatives 1966-1972.
Married 1st Betty Littlefield in 1949. Married 2nd Karen Flint in 1988.