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    • Jul 24, 1948
    Roy Acuff announces his candidacy for governor of Tennessee
    Aug 5, 1948
    Roy Acuff receives 81,000 of 100,000 votes in Tennessee's Republican gubernatorial primary. The race pits him against his friend, Democratic candidate Gordon Browning
    Aug 30, 1948
    Roy Acuff begins a barnstorming campaign for governor in Crossville, Tennessee. Acuff ends all of his Saturday appearances by noon so he can be back in Nashville in time to appear on the Grand Ole Opry
    Sep 7, 1948
    Roy Acuff is hit by a grapefruit when unidentified assailants throw eggs and fruit as he campaigns for governor in Kingsport, Tennessee
    Sep 23, 1948
    President Harry Truman appears at Los Angeles' Gilmore Stadium during his bid for re-election. Spade Cooley is on hand to entertain, alongside Hollywood figures Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall and Ronald Reagan
    Nov 2, 1948
    Roy Acuff loses the Tennessee governor's race by a 2-1 margin to his friend, Democrat Gordon Browning
    Nov 3, 1952
    Roy Acuff and Eddy Arnold host the first live telecast from Nashville's Ryman Auditorium. The half-hour "Celebrities For Eisenhower," financed by the Republican party, airs in five Southern states
    Nov 3, 1952
    On the eve of the American presidential election, Roy Acuff leads a campaign rally for the Dwight Eisenhower/Richard Nixon Republican ticket at the Tennessee state capitol in Nashville
    Nov 4, 1952
    Dwight Eisenhower defeats Adlai Stevenson for president while singer/songwriter Stuart Hamblen, running on the Prohibition ticket, finishes fourth. Because of Stevenson's loss, Ernest Tubb loses $200 in a bet with Eddy Arnold
    Aug 23, 1956
    A dozen years after he appeared on the Billboard country charts, Nat "King" Cole addresses the Republican National Convention at the Cow Palace in San Francisco



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