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    • Mar 2, 1961
    The Volunteer State observes Tennessee Ernie Ford Day as the singer visits the Tennessee legislature in Nashville
    Nov 7, 1962
    After losing the election for California governor, Richard Nixon holds what he says will be his "last press conference," telling the media "You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore." The quote spurs Buck Owens to write "You Ain't Gonna Have Ol' Buck To Kick Around No More"
    Mar 3, 1963
    The Texas state legislature in Austin recognizes George Jones as an honorary admiral in the Texas Navy
    Apr 1, 1964
    Hank Williams Jr. performs during a Democratic fundraising dinner at the Fairgrounds Coliseum in Nashville
    Jun 18, 1966
    Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs perform for an hour as a pre-speech warm-up when Nashville attorney John Jay Hooker kicks off his Democratic campaign for governor with a rally in Lebanon, Tennessee
    Nov 8, 1966
    Ronald Reagan is elected governor of California. In the position, he pardons Merle Haggard in 1972 for an attempted robbery conviction from the late 1950s
    Oct 1, 1967
    Porter Wagoner, Red Foley and Jimmie Davis perform for Louisiana governor John McKeithen at the statehouse in Baton Rouge
    Aug 24, 1968
    Arkansas governor Winthrop Rockefeller begins his re-election campaign with an appearance in Winthrop. Six thousand people are treated to barbecue, soda, watermelon and Johnny Cash
    Oct 22, 1968
    Johnny Cash makes the last of seven appearances supporting Republican Arkansas governor Winthrop Rockefeller's re-election campaign, performing in El Dorado
    Oct 24, 1968
    Skeeter Davis plays a rally in Texarkana as Arkansas governor Winthrop Rockefeller continues his re-election campaign



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