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    Lawrence Winchester Wetherby (January 2, 1908 – March 27, 1994) was an American politician who served as Lieutenant Governor and Governor of Kentucky....
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  • 51°30′41.2″N 0°11′42.3″W / 51.511444°N 0.195083°W / 51.511444; -0.195083 Wetherby School is a group of private schools for boys aged two to eighteen in Notting...
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    strengthening his influence in Central Kentucky. He befriended Judge Lawrence Wetherby of Jefferson County, which helped him with the urban vote and Carl...
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    "re-commissioned" as a Kentucky Colonel in 1950 by his friend, Governor Lawrence Wetherby. In 1952, Sanders franchised his secret recipe "Kentucky Fried Chicken"...
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    senator and former governor Earle C. Clements and sitting governor Lawrence Wetherby, had difficulty finding a candidate to oppose him. The most likely...
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    Lawrence Wetherby defeated Republican nominee Eugene Siler with 54.60% of the vote. Primary elections were held on August 4, 1951. Lawrence Wetherby,...
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    After being recommissioned as a Kentucky Colonel in 1950 by Governor Lawrence Wetherby, Sanders began to dress the part, growing a goatee, wearing a black...
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    complete the term ending in 1961, defeating Democratic former Governor Lawrence Wetherby. Alben Barkley served as U.S. Senator from Kentucky from 1927 to 1949...
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  • Weatherbee (1907–1976), justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court Lawrence Wetherby (1908–1994), Governor of Kentucky Louis Weathersbee (fl. 1960s), NASCAR...
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  • p. 1. Retrieved August 27, 2023. Sobel 1978, pp. 546–547. "Lawrence Winchester Wetherby". National Governors Association. December 8, 2015. Retrieved...
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    After being recommissioned as a Kentucky colonel in 1950 by Governor Lawrence Wetherby, Sanders began to dress the part, growing a goatee and wearing a black...
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    then returned to Kentucky and his law practice. In 1951, Governor Lawrence Wetherby appointed him to fill a vacancy on the Kentucky Court of Appeals....
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  • for former Kentucky Governor Lawrence Wetherby and was built in 1956. The facility was demolished in summer 2024. Wetherby Gymnasium was the home of MSU's...
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    both the Clements and Chandler factions could support, they chose Lawrence Wetherby, whose term as governor had recently expired. Chandler, now serving...
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    James T. Morehead Edwin P. Morrow Charles Scott Augustus O. Stanley Lawrence Wetherby Simeon Willis Other notable people buried at Frankfort Cemetery include:...
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    Prominent Kentuckians – including senator Earle C. Clements, governor Lawrence Wetherby, and lieutenant governor Emerson "Doc" Beauchamp – supported the candidacy...
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    population of 115,033. From 1966 to 1970, the district was represented by Lawrence Wetherby, who had previously served as governor of Kentucky. On July 1, 2024...
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    Bratcher John Sherman Cooper (R) 6D, 3R 1948 Earle Clements (D) Lawrence Wetherby (D) George G. Hatcher (D) Alvarado E. Funk (D) Edward F. Seiller (D)...
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  • Elisabeth Schmid, German archaeologist and osteologist (b. 1912) 1994 – Lawrence Wetherby, American lawyer and politician, 48th Governor of Kentucky (b. 1908)...
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    years, and it remained so in the 1891 constitution. In 1953, Governor Lawrence Wetherby lamented the challenges presented by the term limit coupled with biennial...
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  • biographer. Elisabeth Schmid, 81, German archaeologist and osteologist. Lawrence Wetherby, 86, American politician. Richard Brandram, 82, British Army officer...
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  • Kentucky State Treasurer In office 1949–1956 Governor Earle Clements Lawrence Wetherby Happy Chandler Preceded by Edward F. Seiller Succeeded by Henry H...
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    1956. Republican gain. ▌Y John Sherman Cooper (Republican) 53.2% ▌Lawrence Wetherby (Democratic) 46.8% South Carolina (Class 2) Thomas A. Wofford Democratic...
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  • encyclopedia (1992) The public papers of Governor Lawrence W. Wetherby, 1950-1955 by Lawrence Wetherby Specific "Charles H. Gartrell". Aviation Museum of...
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    Walter J. Mathews, California architect (b. 1850) November 28 – W. E. Lawrence, silent film actor (b. 1896) December 7 – Nicholas Murray Butler, polymath...
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  • of Kentucky: Earle C. Clements (Democratic) (until November 27), Lawrence W. Wetherby (Democratic) (starting November 27) Governor of Louisiana: Earl K...
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    Kentucky State Banking Commissioner under governors Earle Clements and Lawrence Wetherby. In 1955, Carter ran for Kentucky State Treasurer, he was on the Bert...
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    Incumbent Senator Virgil Chapman died on March 8, 1951. Governor Lawrence Wetherby appointed Thomas R. Underwood to fill the vacant seat until a successor...
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    governor Lawrence Wetherby was selected president pro tempore of the senate, providing effective leadership in that house of the General Assembly. Wetherby introduced...
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  • office January 1, 1948 – January 1, 1952 Governor Earle Clements Lawrence Wetherby Preceded by Charles D. Arnett Succeeded by Charles K. O'Connor In...
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