Secretary of State Tre Hargett Presents Grainger High School with Anne Dallas Dudley Gold Award for Voter Registration   

May 12, 2025

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett has presented Grainger High School with the prestigious Anne Dallas Dudley Gold Award for registering 100 percent of eligible students to vote.   

“Achieving 100 percent voter registration clearly shows Grainger High School’s commitment to being committed citizens,” said Secretary Hargett. “We appreciate these students, the faculty, and staff at Grainger High School, and the Grainger County Election Commission for their continued partnership in increasing voter registration within their communities.”   

Forty-one Tennessee schools earned the Anne Dallas Dudley Gold Award, registering 100 percent of eligible students. Eighteen schools earned the Anne Dallas Dudley Silver Award, registering at least 85 percent.   

“Congratulations to the seniors at Grainger High School for this remarkable civic achievement through the Anne Dallas Dudley Award program,” said Grainger County Administrator of Elections Gina Hipsher. “These students have embraced their roles as future leaders within our community, and we are very proud of their accomplishments.”

The Anne Dallas Dudley Awards are open to all Tennessee public, charter/private school, and home school associations. This award is named in honor of renowned Tennessee suffragist Anne Dallas Dudley, who helped lead the successful effort to ratify the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. On Aug. 18, 1920, Tennessee became the 36th and final state needed to give women the right to vote.   

For more information about the Anne Dallas Dudley Awards and other civic engagement efforts offered through the Secretary of State’s office, please visit  sos.tn.gov/civics.

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