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Brown Ayres (politician)

Morgan Brown Ayres, Jr. (March 27, 1931 — January 21, 2022)[1] was an American politician who represented the 7th district in the Tennessee Senate.

Ayres served in the United States Air Force during the Korean War, after which he became an investment banker.[2]

In 1964, Ayres began lobbying for legislation,[3] and in 1966[4][3] he ran for office and was elected, serving for eight years. His legislative accomplishments included sponsoring the 1971 repeal of dry state legislation.[a][4]

  1. ^ Morgan Brown Ayres, Jr in the Knoxville News Sentinel; posted online March 16, 2022; retrieved January 7, 2025
  2. ^ Former State Senator to Be Remembered March 25, by Stacey Schrader Joslin; at the Tennessee Bar Association; published January 31, 2022; retrieved January 7, 2025
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Bean was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b c SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 1365: A RESOLUTION to honor the memory of Morgan Brown Ayres, Jr., of Knoxville, at the Tennessee General Assembly; retrieved January 7, 2025
  5. ^ Temperance; by W. Calvin Dickinson; in the Tennessee Encyclopedia; published October 8, 2017; updated March 1, 2018; retrieved January 8, 2015


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