Harry Lee Waterfield was Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky from 1955 to 1959 and from 1963 to 1967. He was born at Tobacco in Calloway County, Kentucky on January 19, 1911. He attended local public schools and graduated from Murray State Teachers College in 1932. Following graduation he entered into the newspaper business at La Center, Kentucky and later purchased the "Carlisle County News", the "Fulton Daily Ledger" and the "Hickman County Gazette". He served six terms in the Kentucky State Legislature from 1938 to 1952 and was Speaker of the House from 1944 to 1948. Waterfield campaigned for governor in 1947 but was defeated. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention six times from 1944 to 1968. From 1969 to 1973, he served on the Board of Regents for Murray State University. He later was president of the National Investors Life Insurance Company. He died on August 4, 1988.
From the description of Harry Lee Waterfield papers, 1937-1969 (Murray State University). WorldCat record id: 653121696
