Simeon Slavens Willis papers, 1915-1959, 1932-1943 (bulk dates).

Vinson, Fred M. (Frederick Moore), 1890-1953

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Frederick Moore Vinson (January 22, 1890 – September 8, 1953) was an American Democratic politician who served the United States in all three branches of government. The most prominent member of the Vinson political family, he was the 53rd United States Secretary of the Treasury and the 13th Chief Justice of the United States. Born in Louisa, Kentucky, he pursued a legal career and served in the United States Army during World War I. After the war, he served as the Commonwealth's Attorney ...

Underwood, Thomas R. (Thomas Rust), 1898-1956.

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Journalist, Congressman. Underwood, born in Hopkinsville, Ky., lived most of his adult life in Lexington, Ky., where he was associated with the Lexington Herald, beginning in 1911 and serving as editor between 1935 and 1956. He wrote political columns, was active in Kentucky political campaigns, and was chairman of the Democratic State Central and Executive Committee. He was elected to Congress in 1948 and 1950, and named to the Senate in 1951 to fill the vacancy created...

Donovan, Herman Lee, 1887-1964

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President of Eastern Kentucky State College which subsequently became Eastern Kentucky University, 1928-1941. From the description of Papers, 1922-1943. (Eastern Kentucky University). WorldCat record id: 29343482 From the description of Papers/Records, 1922-1943. (Eastern Kentucky University). WorldCat record id: 528648773 ...

Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )

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The Republican Party is a national political party in the United States, and was founded in 1854. In the 1864 election, the party took the name National Union Party to allow the participation of Democrats. From the description of Republican Party tickets, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 496362231 From the guide to the Republican Party tickets, 1864, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

Dummitt, Eldon S., 1896-1973.

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Kentucky. Court of Appeals

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Thomas Todd was clerk of the Kentucky Court of Appeals (1792-1801). In 1801, he was appointed a judge of the court of appeals, and became chief justice in 1806. From 1807-1826, he was an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. From the description of Pleas continued and held at the Capitol in the town of Frankfort in the county of Franklin before George Muter, Benjamin Sebastian and Caleb Wallace ... judges of the Court of Appeals for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, 1800. (Harvard...

Willis, Simeon S., 1879-1965

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Simeon Willis, governor of Kentucky during 1943-47, was born in Lawrence County, Ohio, in 1879, to John H. and Abigail Slavens Wills. His family moved to Greenup County, Kentucky, around 1889. Willis studied law under private tutors and eventually becam a lawyer and opened a practice in Ashland at the turn of the century. He married Idah Lee Millis of Cattlesburg, Kentucky on April 14, 1920. They had one daughter, Sally Lesley Willis, who married Lt. Henry Meigs II on December 30, 1944 and had o...

Combs, Ballard French, 1877-

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