Dummit, Eldon S., (Eldon Steven), 1896-1973.

Lawyer, politician.

Eldon Steven Dummit was born in Missouri. After receiving a law degree from the University of Kentucky in 1921 Dummit became a prominent member of the Republican Party in Kentucky during the 1940s and 1950s, serving as state attorney general in the administration of Governor Simeon Willis (1943-1947). He made an unsuccessful bid for governor in 1947. Dummit was active in many civic and leadership organizations, including the Optimist Club International, of which he was president in 1941/42; the Pyramid Club, the Boy Scouts of America and the American Legion.