Harlan Mathews
| Harlan Mathews | |
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United States Senator from Tennessee |
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In office January 2, 1993 – December 1, 1994 |
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| Appointed by | Ned McWherter |
| Preceded by | Al Gore |
| Succeeded by | Fred Thompson |
| Deputy to the Governor of Tennessee | |
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In office January 1987 – January 1993 |
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| Governor | Ned McWherter |
| Succeeded by | Jim Kennedy |
| 38th Tennessee State Treasurer | |
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In office March 31, 1974 – January 1987 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas A. Wiseman, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Steve Adams |
| Commissioner of Finance and Administration | |
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In office 1961–1971 |
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January 17, 1927 Sumiton, Alabama, U.S. |
| Died | May 9, 2014 (aged 87) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Resting place | Harpeth Hills Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Pat Jones |
| Children | Stanley Mathews Lester Mathews Richard Mathews |
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Jacksonville State University Vanderbilt University |
| Profession | Lawyer |
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| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch | United States Navy |
| Years of service | 1944–1946 |
Harlan Mathews (January 17, 1927 – May 9, 2014) was a Democratic United States Senator from Tennessee from 1993 to 1994. He had previously served in the executive and legislative branches of state government in Tennessee for over 40 years beginning in 1950.
Harlan Mathews was a native of Walker County, Alabama. He was born January 17, 1927 in Sumiton, Alabama, the son of John William Mathews and Lillian (Young) Mathews. In 1944, after high school, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served until 1946. Returning to Alabama, he graduated from Jacksonville State College (now Jacksonville State University) with a B.A. degree in 1949.
He came to Nashville and obtained a master's degree in public administration from Vanderbilt University in 1950. He began work on Governor Gordon Browning's planning staff. When Frank G. Clement was elected in 1954 Mathews moved to the state's budget staff. A year after beginning his service as Commissioner of Finance and Administration in 1961, he completed his law degree in 1962 from the YMCA Night Law School, now Nashville School of Law.
Mathews joined Tennessee state government in 1950, becoming part of the staff of the governor of Tennessee, successively serving governors Gordon Browning, Frank G. Clement, and Buford Ellington. In 1961 he was named to the Cabinet as Commissioner of Finance and Administration, a position he held until 1971.
With the accession to office of Republican Winfield Dunn in January 1971, Mathews left the Cabinet and entered the private sector for two years, working for Amcon International in Memphis. In 1973 he became the legislative assistant to the longtime Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury, Bill Snodgrass. In 1974 he was elected state treasurer by the Tennessee General Assembly when his predecessor, Tom Wiseman, resigned to run for governor. The Tennessee General Assembly elected him to his first full two-year term as treasurer in 1975, and he served in this office until January 1987, when he became deputy to the newly elected governor, Ned R. McWherter.
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