Kentucky Colonel appointments : Governor A. B. Chandler, 1956-1959.

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Kentucky Colonel appointments : Governor A. B. Chandler, 1956-1959.

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These records document the governor's authority to appoint Kentucky Colonels. This organization originated in the nineteenth century; the governor could at that time appoint military officers to be his aides-de-camp. The appointment eventually lost its military connotations and evolved into a purely honorary title.

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Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives, Kentucky State Archives

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