Harry S. Dent Sr.

American journalist

Harry Dent


Chair of the South Carolina Republican Party
In office 1965–1969
Preceded by	Drake Edens
Succeeded by	Raymond A. Harris

Personal details
Born	Harry Shuler Dent Sr. (1930-02-21)February 21, 1930 St. Matthews, South Carolina, U.S.
Died	October 2, 2007(2007-10-02) (aged 77) Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Education	Presbyterian College (BA) George Washington University (LLB, LLM)

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]

References

^ Perlstein, Rick (2008). Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America. New York: Scribner. pp. 295–303. ISBN 978-0-7432-4302-5.
^ "Harry Dent, an Architect of Nixon 'Southern Strategy', Dies at 77", https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/02/us/02dent.html
^ "Harry S. Dent Papers, White House Special Files, 1969-1972".