Harry S. Dent Sr.

{{short description|American journalist}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Harry Dent

| image = Harry Shuler Dent Sr photo.jpg

| 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 = {{birth date|1930|2|21}}

| birth_place = St. Matthews, South Carolina, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2007|10|2|1930|2|21}}

| 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.{{cite book |last=Perlstein |first=Rick |author-link=Rick Perlstein |date=2008 |title=Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America |url= |location=New York |publisher=Scribner |pages=295–303 |isbn=978-0-7432-4302-5}} He was the father of the financial prognosticator, Harry S. Dent Jr.{{Cite news |last=Stout |first=David |date=2007-10-02 |title=Harry Dent, an Architect of Nixon ‘Southern Strategy’, Dies at 77 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/02/us/02dent.html |access-date=2024-07-04 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}{{cite web|url=http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c89887j5/entire_text/|title=Harry S. Dent Papers, White House Special Files, 1969-1972|publisher=}}

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