Who were these halls named after?

Jim Nance McCord (Tennessee Governor from 1945-1949) was born in 1879. A self-taught man and editor of the Marshall County Gazette, he served thirteen terms as mayor of Lewisburg and one term in Congress (1943-1945) before he was elected governor. Taking on Edward H. Crump’s powerful political machine. McCord successfully pushed the first state sales tax, using the funds to improve the educational system, and provided retirement for teachers. Despite its benefits, the popularity of the tax and McCord’s “open shop” labor policies lost him his bid for re-election to a third term. McCord served as a member of the 1953 Constitutional Convention and as conservative commissioner under Frank Clement. McCord died in 1968

John Jared Maddux (former Tennessee Lieutenant Governor) was born in July of 1912. He became a prominent attorney in Cookeville then became Speaker of House and Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee.

(John Madddux not pictured.)