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    Henry Harrison, Biram & George. Bert descends from John, one of the eight Combs brother's son John "Jack" Combs. Bert Combs was born in the Town Branch section...
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  • Governor Bert T. Combs at the Louisville firm of Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs. In a memoir, she admitted a mutual attraction between her and Combs during this...
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    nominee Bert Combs defeated Republican nominee John M. Robsion Jr. with 60.56% of the vote. Primary elections were held on May 25, 1959. Bert Combs, Judge...
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  • The Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway, commonly known as the Mountain Parkway, is a freeway in eastern Kentucky. The route runs from Interstate 64 just east...
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    relatively unknown candidate, Kentucky Court of Appeals Judge Bert T. Combs. Because Combs, whom Chandler nicknamed "The Little Judge", had no record for...
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    president is Larry Allen Gritton Jr., who has been president since mid-2013. Bert Combs, 50th governor of Kentucky (attended but did not graduate) Jensen Huang...
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    campaign of Bert Combs in 1959 and became Combs' executive assistant when Combs was elected governor. Encouraged to run for the Kentucky Senate by Combs' ally...
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    plaster Lime mortar Silicate paint Robinson, George W. (2015-01-13). Bert Combs The Politician: An Oral History. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813150192...
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    one term by the state constitution, Wetherby supported Bert Combs to be his successor, but Combs lost in the Democratic primary to A. B. "Happy" Chandler...
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    Anderson Burns, founder and first president of Oneida Baptist Institute Bert Combs, lawyer, officer in the Army, judge, politician, 50th Governor of Kentucky...
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    primary, Lieutenant Governor Wendell Ford ran against former Governor Bert Combs and 6 other opponents. Ford would win in an easy victory that wasn't expected...
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  • general election, 64.7%–35.3%. Lois Combs Weinberg, the daughter of Bertam "Bert "T. Combs and Mabel Hall Combs. She was born on December 18, 1943, in...
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  • (ADUC) Alumni Relations and Development(Palmer House) Baird Music Hall Bert Combs Building Breckinridge Hall Browning Orchard Button Auditorium Camden-Carroll...
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    campaign of Alben Barkley, and the gubernatorial campaign of Bert T. Combs. When Combs won the governorship in 1959, he appointed Breathitt as personnel...
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    United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit vacated by Judge Bert Combs. He was confirmed by the Senate on December 16, 1970, and received his...
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    Wetherby. In 1955, Carter ran for Kentucky State Treasurer, he was on the Bert Combs slate in the Democratic primary. However, Happy Chandler won the primary...
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  • Cumberland (1960), and Henderson (1960). In 1960, newly elected Governor Bert Combs created the Governor's Commission on the Study of Public Higher Education...
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    Mountain Trails The Passage Trail Allison Ball, Kentucky State Treasurer. Bert Combs, 50th Governor of Kentucky. Boyd Holbrook, actor and fashion model. Greg...
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  • September 1937. p. 5. "McCOMB, Albert Thomas". Department of Veterans Affairs. "Albert Thomas McComb". Find a Grave. Bert McComb's playing statistics from...
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  • Appeals 1994–present. Wife of Bert Combs. Lois Combs Weinberg (born 1943), candidate for U.S. Senator 2002. Daughter of Bert Combs. Cornelius P. Comegys (1780–1851)...
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    was completed in 1965, and a dedication ceremony was held with governor Bert Combs in attendance. The new courthouse had a contemporary design with blue...
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    held on August 6, 1955. Happy Chandler, former United States Senator Bert Combs, Judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals Jesse N. R. Cecil Edwin R. Denney...
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    meters (1,510 feet). The bridge is named for former governor of Kentucky Bert T. Combs and former Campbell County Judge Executive Lambert Hehl. Normal traffic...
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    30 Wade H. McCree MI 1920–1987 1966–1977 — — L. Johnson resignation 31 Bert Combs KY 1911–1991 1967–1970 — — L. Johnson resignation 32 Henry Luesing Brooks...
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  • Courier-Journal. p. 1. Retrieved August 27, 2023. Sobel 1978, pp. 547–548. "Bert Thomas Combs". National Governors Association. December 8, 2015. Retrieved March...
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  • affairs. Authorized by the Kentucky General Assembly and signed by Governor Bert Combs on March 6, 1962, a mandate was placed upon the University of Kentucky...
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    hiring or firing of state employees for political reasons; his successor, Bert Combs, pushed a new merit system through the legislature, protecting it from...
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    State Incumbent Party Status Opposing candidates Kentucky Bert Combs Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Ned Breathitt (Democratic) 50.74% Louie...
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    Breckinridge was elected Attorney General of Kentucky in 1959 when Bert T. Combs led the Democratic ticket to victory. He served his first term in that...
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    Democratic 1955–1959 Happy Chandler 43 Wilson W. Wyatt Democratic 1959–1963 Bert Combs 44 Harry Lee Waterfield Democratic 1963–1967 Ned Breathitt 45 Wendell...
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