Frank Goad Clement ( June 2 , 1920 &ndash; November 4 , 1969 ) was an American lawyer and politician who served as Governor of Tennessee from 1953 to 1959 and from 1963 to 1967 . Inaugurated for the first time at age 32 , he was the state 's youngest and longest-serving governor in the 20th century . Clement owed much of his rapid political rise to his ability to deliver rousing , mesmerizing speeches . His sermon-like keynote address at the 1956 Democratic National Convention has been described as both one of the best and one of the worst keynote addresses in the era of televised conventions
1956 Democratic National Convention
1956 Democratic National Convention
Frank G. Clement