Harry S. Dent Sr. Explained

Harry Dent
Office:	Chair of the South Carolina Republican Party
Term Start:	1965
Term End:	1969
Predecessor:	Drake Edens
Successor:	Raymond A. Harris
Birth Name:	Harry Shuler Dent Sr.
Birth Date:	21 February 1930
Birth Place:	St. Matthews, South Carolina, U.S.
Death Place:	Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.
Party:	Republican
Education:	Presbyterian College (BA) George Washington University (LLB, LLM)
Children:	Harry Dent Jr.

Harry Shuler Dent Sr. (February 21, 1930 – October 2, 2007) was an American political strategist considered one of the architects of the Republican Southern Strategy. One of the South's leading power brokers, he was instrumental in securing the votes to get Richard Nixon nominated for President at the 1968 Republican National Convention.^[1] He was the father of the financial prognosticator, Harry S. Dent Jr.^{[2] [3]}

External links

• Harry S. Dent Papers at Clemson University Special Collections Library

Notes and References

1. Book: Perlstein, Rick . Rick Perlstein . 2008 . Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America . New York . . 295–303 . 978-0-7432-4302-5.
2. News: Stout . David . 2007-10-02 . Harry Dent, an Architect of Nixon ‘Southern Strategy’, Dies at 77 . 2024-07-04 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
3. Web site: Harry S. Dent Papers, White House Special Files, 1969-1972.