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Mar 4, 1933
Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated in Washington, D.C., for the first of his four terms as president, in which he becomes the first to welcome a country artist to the White House. He's referenced in Alabama's 1989 hit "Song Of The South"
Aug 4, 1934
Country recording pioneer Fiddlin' John Carson performs as a warm-up for Georgia governor Gene Talmadge on the campaign trail in Dalton
Aug 15, 1934
Country recording pioneer Fiddlin' John Carson performs in Griffin, Georgia, in support of governor Gene Talmadge, campaigning for re-election
Jul 4, 1936
Governor Gene Talmadge announces his candidacy for the U.S. Senate in McRae, Georgia, with Fiddlin' John Carson playing to warm up the crowd
Aug 5, 1936
Governor Gene Talmadge, running for U.S. Senate, stumps in Monroe, Georgia, in his trademark red suspenders, with Fiddlin' John Carson providing musical entertainment. The same night, son Grady Carson shoots and kills his father-in-law
Apr 12, 1938
W. Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel, who founded The Light Crust Doughboys, announces his candidacy for governor of Texas
May 1, 1938
Wilbert Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel files paperwork to run for Texas governor. The founder of The Light Crust Doughboys, which introduced such western swing figures as Bob Wills and Milton Brown, O'Daniel wins the election in 1938 and again in 1940
Jul 13, 1938
With Texas gubernatorial candidate W. Lee O'Daniel invoking the name of late western-swing pioneer Milton Brown in campaign speeches, Brown's father, Barty, prints up fliers distancing his son from his former employer, saying O'Daniel was "insincere" and paid "starvation wages"
Jul 23, 1938
"Pappy" O'Daniel, who came to fame as the founder of The Light Crust Doughboys, wins Texas' Democratic primary for governor
Oct 15, 1943
The Sumner Press, of Gallatin, Tennessee, reports a petition has been filed that makes Roy Acuff the first candidate to run for governor. The action was apparently taken without Acuff's knowledge
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