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    John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham (August 5, 1869 – January 9, 1940) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 35th governor of Kentucky and...
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    county seat is Sayre. Founded upon statehood in 1907, Beckham County was named for J. C. W. Beckham, who was Governor of Kentucky and the first popularly...
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  • (born 1975), English former footballer Gordon Beckham (born 1986), American baseball player J. C. W. Beckham (1869–1940), American politician and former...
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    J. C. W. Beckham was elected to complete William Goebel's term with 49.88% of the vote. In the 1899 Kentucky gubernatorial election, J. C. W. Beckham...
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  • Beckham County can refer to: Beckham County, Kentucky Beckham County, Oklahoma Both were named for J. C. W. Beckham, who served as Governor of Kentucky...
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    his political career for more than a decade and put him at odds with J. C. W. Beckham, the leader of the pro-temperance faction of the state's Democratic...
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    Court of Appeals' decision to stand. Goebel's lieutenant governor J. C. W. Beckham ascended to the governorship. During the ensuing investigation of Goebel's...
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    Senator J. C. W. Beckham ran for re-election to a second term in office but was defeated by Republican attorney Richard P. Ernst. J. C. W. Beckham, incumbent...
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    election was held on November 3, 1903. The incumbent Democratic governor, J. C. W. Beckham, defeated Republican nominee Morris B. Belknap to a win a term in his...
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    States Navy to be named for the raccoon. She was built as the Liberty ship J. C. W. Becham (MCE Hull No. 1931) by the Maritime Commission and renamed Raccoon...
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    Governor J. C. W. Beckham, and in 1902, the General Assembly elected him to the Senate. He served one largely undistinguished term, and Beckham then successfully...
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    agenda was opposed by a Democratic faction led by former governor J. C. W. Beckham, Louisville Courier-Journal publisher Robert Worth Bingham, and political...
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    David Robert Joseph Beckham OBE (/ˈbɛkəm/ BEK-əm; born 2 May 1975) is an English former professional footballer, the president and co-owner of Inter Miami...
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    United States Senator J. C. W. Beckham with 52.09% of the vote. Primary elections were held on August 6, 1927. J. C. W. Beckham, former United States...
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    Democrat, he served as acting lieutenant governor of Kentucky under J. C. W. Beckham from 1902 to 1903, a member of the Kentucky Senate from 1900 to 1904...
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    party's anti-prohibitionists. Prohibitionists, led by former governor J. C. W. Beckham, did not support James D. Black, who became governor when Stanley went...
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  • Goebel. Beckham County was ultimately named for then-governor J. C. W. Beckham. A man named C. V. Zimmerman filed a lawsuit against Beckham County—specifically...
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    Laffoon. Problematically, Chandler was an ally of former Governor J. C. W. Beckham, Louisville Courier-Journal publisher Robert Worth Bingham, and political...
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    Governor J. C. W. Beckham ascended to the office of governor, and he and Taylor waged a protracted court battle over the governorship. Beckham won the...
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  • later. Since Lieutenant Governor Marshall's win had also been invalidated, Beckham, having been named lieutenant governor, succeeded Goebel. Stanley resigned...
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  • William S. Taylor and Democratic lieutenant gubernatorial candidate J. C. W. Beckham. In the November 7, 1899, election, Taylor received 193,714 votes to...
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    office in 1904, he held the position until 1908. Democratic governor J. C. W. Beckham used his clout to support the selection of Hager as the party's nominee...
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    election. When Democratic nominee William Goebel and his running mate J. C. W. Beckham challenged the election results, Bradley formed part of the legal team...
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    exhausted his finances in a legal battle with Goebel's running mate J. C. W. Beckham over the governorship. Taylor ultimately lost the battle, and was implicated...
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    are buried there: John Adair J. C. W. Beckham Luke P. Blackburn William O'Connell Bradley Simon Bolivar Buckner, Sr. John J. Crittenden Julian Carroll William...
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    by the R.J. Corman Railroad Central Kentucky Lines, over the former Bardstown Branch of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. J. C. W. Beckham, grandson...
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    Nicholas (Progressive) Frank E. Seeds (Socialist) J. C. W. Beckham, former Governor of Kentucky (Democratic) H. J. Robertson (Socialist) Burton Vance (Progressive)...
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    S. Taylor was initially believed to have won. For several months, J. C. W. Beckham, Goebel's running mate, and Taylor fought over who was the legal governor...
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  • began in February 1922 and serves as the official student newspaper. J. C. W. Beckham, governor of Kentucky and U.S. senator Eula Bingham, Assistant Secretary...
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    believed this action was aimed against former governor and senator J. C. W. Beckham, who Laffoon believed would challenge Rhea for the Democratic nomination...
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