Harlan Mathews

A Senator from Tennessee. Born in Sumiton, Walker County, Ala. , January 17, 1927. Attended the Alabama public schools. Graduated, Jacksonville State College, Jacksonville, Ala. , 1949. Received graduate degree from Vanderbilt University 1950. Received law degree from Nashville School of Law 1962. Served on planning staff of Tennessee Governor Gordon Browning 1950-1954, budget staff of Governor Frank Clement 1954-1961. Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration 1961-1971. Senior vice president, Amcon International, Inc. , Memphis 1971-1973. Legislative assistant to state Comptroller William Snodgrass 1973-1974. Elected state treasurer in 1974 and served until January, 1987. Deputy to Governor Ned McWherter and secretary of state cabinet 1987-1993. Appointed on December 29, 1992, effective January 2, 1993, as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the seat left vacant by the resignation of Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. , and served from January 2, 1993, to December 1, 1994, when a duly elected successor qualified. Not a candidate for election to the unexpired portion of the term. Resumed the practice of law. Was a resident of Nashville, Tenn. , until his death on May 9, 2014. Interment in Harpeth Hills Memory Gardens, Nashville, Tenn.