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Politician members in Kentucky


  Philip Pendleton Ardery (b. 1914) — of Frankfort, Franklin County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky. Born in Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., March 6, 1914. Son of William Breckinridge Ardery and Julia Hoge Spencer Ardery. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; candidate in primary for U.S. Senator from Kentucky, 1946. Disciples of Christ; later Episcopalian. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; American Bar Association; Phi Delta Theta. Still living as of 2001.
  Relatives: Married 1941 to Anne Stuvvesant Tweedy. See Ardery family of Kentucky.
  Walter Arnold Baker (b. 1937) — also known as Walter A. Baker — of Glasgow, Barren County, Ky. Born in Columbia, Adair County, Ky., February 20, 1937. Son of Herschel Tate Baker and Mattie (Barger) Baker. Republican. Lawyer; member of Kentucky state house of representatives 23rd District, 1968-71; member of Kentucky state senate 9th District, 1972-81; resigned 1981; defeated, 1983; candidate for U.S. Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1976. Presbyterian. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; American Bar Association; Rotary. Still living as of 1988.
  Relatives: Married, April 24, 1965, to Jane Stark Helm.
  Iola Kelley Banks (1933-2002) — also known as Iola Banks — of Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska; Kenai, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska. Born in Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La., August 10, 1933. Democrat. School teacher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska, 1976, 1980, 2000. Female. Baptist or Methodist. Member, Delta Kappa Gamma; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in the ambulance en route to a hospital, near Soldotna, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, June 26, 2002 (age 68 years, 320 days). Interment somewhere in Lexington, Ky.
  Relatives: Married to Lovell Banks.
  William Burke Belknap (1885-1965) — also known as William B. Belknap — of Goshen, Oldham County, Ky. Born in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., April 18, 1885. Son of Alice Trumbull (Silliman) Belknap (1846-1890) and William Richardson Belknap (1849-1914). Democrat. Stock breeder; economist; college teacher; member of Kentucky state house of representatives 59th District, 1924-28, 1934-35; candidate for U.S. Representative from Kentucky, 1933. Member, American Economic Association; Zeta Psi; Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons. Died September 7, 1965 (age 80 years, 142 days). Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
  Relatives: Married, September 14, 1922, to Helen Clark Strong.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Robert Worth Bingham (1871-1937) — of Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky.; Glenview, Jefferson County, Ky. Born in Orange County, N.C., November 8, 1871. Son of Col. Robert Bingham and Delphine Louise (Worth) Bingham. Lawyer; publisher of Louisville Courier-Journal newspaper; mayor of Louisville, Ky., 1907; Republican candidate for Judge, Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1910; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1911; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1933-37. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Society of Colonial Wars; Society of the Cincinnati; Sons of the American Revolution; Phi Beta Kappa; Alpha Tau Omega. Died in Baltimore, Md., December 18, 1937 (age 66 years, 40 days). Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of Col. Robert Bingham and Delphine Louise (Worth) Bingham; married, May 20, 1896, to Eleanor E. Miller (died 1913); married, November 15, 1916, to Mary Lily (Kenan) Flagler; married, August 20, 1924, to Mrs. James Byron Hilliard.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Francis Bradshaw (b. 1878) — also known as William F. Bradshaw — of Paducah, McCracken County, Ky. Born in Paducah, McCracken County, Ky., September 17, 1878. Son of William Francis Bradshaw and Virginia (Wheeler) Bradshaw. Democrat. Lawyer; president, Mechanics Trust and Savings Bank, Paducah; president, First National Bank; vice-president, Paducah Newspapers, Inc.; vice-president, Paducah Hosiery Mills; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1928. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Theta. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, June 21, 1905, to Rosena Ashton White.
  Cassius M. Clay (1895-1959) — of Paris, Bourbon County, Ky. Born in Bourbon County, Ky., March 2, 1895. Son of Cassius M. Clay (1850?-?) and Mary Blythe (Harris) Clay. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; farmer; general solicitor, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, 1941-45; member of Kentucky state house of representatives 67th District, 1954-55; member of Kentucky state senate 28th District, 1958-59; died in office 1959. Christian. Member, American Legion; Farm Bureau; Phi Beta Kappa; Beta Theta Pi; Phi Delta Phi. Died November 26, 1959 (age 64 years, 269 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, July 30, 1935, to Miriam Blossom Berle.
  Wade H. Ellis (b. 1866) — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio; Washington, D.C. Born in Covington, Kenton County, Ky., December 31, 1866. Son of A. C. Ellis and Kate (Blackburn) Ellis. Republican. Lawyer; newspaper editor; Ohio state attorney general, 1904-08; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1908. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Sons of the American Revolution; Union League. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, October 3, 1894, to Dessie Corwin Chase.
  Thomas C. Hubbard (b. 1943) — of Tennessee. Born in Kentucky, 1943. Foreign Service officer; legislative assistant to U.S. Rep. Jim Leach, 1981; U.S. Ambassador to Philippines, 1996-2000; Palau, 1996-2000; South Korea, 2001-. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Still living as of 2003.
  Richard Charles Stoll (1876-1949) — also known as Richard C. Stoll — of Lexington, Fayette County, Ky. Born in Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., March 21, 1876. Son of Richard Pindell Stoll. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1912, 1916, 1920; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1920-31. Member, American Bar Association; Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif; Kappa Alpha Order; Omicron Delta Kappa. Died June 26, 1949 (age 73 years, 97 days). Interment at Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.

 

 


 
   
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