Jake Butcher

Jacob Franklin Butcher (1936 – July 19, 2017) was an American banker and politician. He built a financial empire in East Tennessee. He was the Democratic Party nominee for governor of Tennessee in 1978. He was known for his promotion of the 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee. He lost his business and his personal fortune after he was found to have engaged in massive fraud.Butcher: Bank collapse after fair hurt city , Knoxville News Sentinel, May 2, 2007

Butcher died in Atlanta, Georgia on July 19, 2017 at the age of 81.

References

Other websites
 Jacob Franklin "Jake" Butcher, Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2009

Category:1936 births
Category:2017 deaths
Category:Businesspeople from Tennessee
Category:American fraudsters
Category:Politicians from Knoxville, Tennessee
Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians