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Jacob Nathaniel Bailey (b. 1883) —
also known as Jacob N. Bailey —
of Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.
Born in Elk Creek, Texas
County, Mo., March 13,
1883.
Son of Joseph S. Bailey and Helen (Thompson) Bailey.
Republican. Physician; mayor of
Paducah, Ky., 1924-28.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
American
Medical Association; Lions.
Interment somewhere
in Caldwell County, Ky.
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Donald Clyde Barton (b. 1935) —
also known as Donald C. Barton —
of Corbin, Whitley
County, Ky.
Born in Salem, Livingston
County, Ky., March 23,
1935.
Son of Clyde Tye Barton and Lula Marie (Brown) Barton.
Republican. Physician; candidate in primary for Kentucky
state house of representatives 82nd District, 1975.
Still living as of 1975.
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Harold Bryan Barton (b. 1926) —
also known as Harold B. Barton —
of Corbin, Whitley
County, Ky.
Born in Madison
County, Ky., November
1, 1926.
Son of Clyde Tye Barton and Lula Marie (Brown) Barton.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
physician; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kentucky, 1964,
1968,
1972
(alternate).
Christian.
Member, American Medical
Association; Freemasons;
Lions;
Jaycees;
Farm
Bureau.
Still living as of 1973.
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Frank Houston Bassett (1873-1950) —
of Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky.
Born in Stephensport, Breckinridge
County, Ky., November
1, 1873.
Son of James Hervey Bassett (1828-1914) and Georgia (Houston) Bassett
(1832-1904).
Democrat. Played and umpired professional
baseball in the Cotton and Southern leagues; dry goods
merchant; hardware
business; physician; mayor
of Hopkinsville, Ky., 1918-21; Christian
County Court Clerk, 1922-34; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1928.
Presbyterian.
Welsh
ancestry. Member, American Medical
Association; Elks.
Died in Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky., August 5,
1950 (age 76 years, 277
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Hopkinsville, Ky.
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Luke Pryor Blackburn (1816-1887) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Woodford
County, Ky., June 16,
1816.
Son of Edward M. Blackburn and Lavinia S. (Bell) Blackburn.
Physician; member of Kentucky state legislature, 1843; Governor of
Kentucky, 1879-83.
Baptist.
In 1865, he was tried and
acquitted in a Toronto court for violating Canadian neutrality, in
connection with a Confederate
scheme to spread yellow fever in Northern cities.
Died in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., September
14, 1887 (age 71 years, 90
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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John Henry Buschemeyer (1869-1935) —
also known as John H. Buschemeyer —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., February
24, 1869.
Son of Henry Buschemeyer and Helen (Bollinger) Buschemeyer.
Democrat. Physician; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1913-17; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1916
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee).
German
ancestry.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., October
7, 1935 (age 66 years, 225
days).
Interment at St.
Louis Catholic Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Tim Lee Carter (1910-1987) —
of Tompkinsville, Monroe
County, Ky.
Born in Tompkinsville, Monroe
County, Ky., September
2, 1910.
Son of James
Clarke Carter and Idru (Tucker) Carter.
Republican. Physician; served in the U.S. Army during World
War II; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1965-81; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1972.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
American
Medical Association.
Died in Glasgow, Barren
County, Ky., March 27,
1987 (age 76 years, 206
days).
Interment at Evans-Oak
Hill Cemetery, Tompkinsville, Ky.
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Robert K. Casey (b. 1931) —
also known as Bob Casey —
of Florida.
Born in Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky., July 22,
1931.
Republican. Physician; member of Florida
state house of representatives 22nd District, 1993-.
Baptist.
Member, Lambda
Chi Alpha; American Medical
Association.
Still living as of 1999.
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Andrew Jackson Clements (1832-1913) —
also known as A. J. Clements —
of Tennessee.
Born in Clementsville, Clay
County, Tenn., December
23, 1832.
Son of Christopher Clements and Mary Clements.
Physician; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 3rd District, 1861-63; member of
Tennessee state legislature.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Central State Hospital (a mental
hospital where he was confined due to senility),
Lakeland, Jefferson
County, Ky., November
7, 1913 (age 80 years, 319
days).
Interment at Glasgow
Cemetery, Glasgow, Ky.
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Erasmus B. Collins (1825-1866) —
of Indiana.
Born in Kentucky, 1825.
Physician; secretary of
state of Indiana, 1855-57; served in the Union Army during the
Civil War.
Died January
31, 1866 (age about 40
years).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Manteno, Ill.
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William Joseph Deboe (1849-1927) —
also known as William J. Deboe —
of Marion, Crittenden
County, Ky.
Born in Crittenden
County, Ky., June 30,
1849.
Republican. Physician; lawyer; superintendent
of schools; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kentucky, 1888,
1896,
1912;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 1st District, 1892; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1893-98; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1897-1903; postmaster.
Died in Marion, Crittenden
County, Ky., June 15,
1927 (age 77 years, 350
days).
Interment at Maple
View Cemetery, Marion, Ky.
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Ernest L. Fletcher (b. 1952) —
also known as Ernie Fletcher; "Big
Ern" —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Mt. Sterling, Montgomery
County, Ky., November
12, 1952.
Republican. Physician; pastor;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1994-96; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1999-2003; defeated,
1996; Governor of
Kentucky, 2003-; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kentucky, 2004;
in 2005-06, an investigation
of hiring practices in violation
of the state's merit system law led to grand jury indictments
of the Governor and some of his staff; Fletcher pardoned his staff
members to protect them from prosecution; ultimately he admitted
wrong-doing and agreed to reorganize the Kentucky Personnel Board.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2009.
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Nathan Gaither (1788-1862) —
of Columbia, Adair
County, Ky.
Born near Mocksville, Davie
County, N.C., September
15, 1788.
Democrat. Physician; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1815-18, 1855-57; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1829-33; defeated,
1832; delegate to
Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849.
Died in Columbia, Adair
County, Ky., August
12, 1862 (age 73 years, 331
days).
Interment at Columbia
Cemetery, Columbia, Ky.
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S. H. George —
of Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.
Republican. Physician; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kentucky, 1920,
1928.
African
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Whiteside Godfrey Hunter (1841-1917) —
also known as W. Godfrey Hunter —
of Burkesville, Cumberland
County, Ky.
Born near Belfast, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), December
25, 1841.
Republican. Physician; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1874; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kentucky, 1880,
1892,
1896;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1887-89, 1895-97, 1903-05 (3rd
District 1887-89, 1895-97, 11th District 1903-05); defeated, 1892,
1896; U.S. Minister to Guatamala, 1897-1903; Honduras, 1897.
Died November
2, 1917 (age 75 years, 312
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Fred A. Jones —
of Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.
Physician; candidate in primary for mayor of
Paducah, Ky., 1931.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lewis Fields Linn (1796-1843) —
also known as Lewis F. Linn —
of Ste. Genevieve, Ste.
Genevieve County, Mo.
Born near Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., November
5, 1796.
Democrat. Physician; member of Missouri
state senate, 1827; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1833-43; died in office 1843.
Died October
3, 1843 (age 46 years, 332
days).
Interment at Protestant
Cemetery, Ste. Genevieve, Mo.
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German Baxter Miller (d. 1928) —
also known as German B. Miller —
of Spears, Fayette
County, Ky.
Republican. Physician; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kentucky, 1908.
Died, of cerebral
apoplexy, in Jefferson
County, Ky., January
20, 1928.
Interment somewhere
in Fayette County, Ky.
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Daniel Mongiardo (b. 1960) —
Born July 4,
1960.
Democrat. Physician; member of Kentucky
state senate 30th District, 2001-; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 2004.
Still living as of 2009.
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Benjamin Sedgwick Noble (c.1809-1869) —
of Johnson
County, Ind.
Born in Boone
County, Ky., about 1809.
Physician; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1837-38.
Presbyterian.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Indianola, Warren
County, Iowa, November
10, 1869 (age about 60
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Eugene Osborne (1858-1943) —
also known as John E. Osborne —
of Rawlins, Carbon
County, Wyo.
Born in Westport, Essex
County, N.Y., June 19,
1858.
Son of John C. Osborne and Mary E. (Reil) Osborne.
Democrat. Physician; member of Wyoming
territorial legislature, 1883-85; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Wyoming, 1892;
member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee, 1916;
Governor
of Wyoming, 1893-95; defeated, 1904; U.S.
Representative from Wyoming at-large, 1897-99; member of Democratic
National Committee from Wyoming, 1900-20; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1918.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in Rawlins, Carbon
County, Wyo., April 24,
1943 (age 84 years, 309
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Princeton, Ky.
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Joseph Rowlett —
of Kentucky.
Physician; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1838-50.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harvey I. Sloane (b. 1936) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born May 11,
1936.
Democrat. Physician; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1973-77, 1982-85; candidate in primary for Governor of
Kentucky, 1979, 1983; Jefferson
County Judge-Executive, 1986-89; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1990.
Still living as of 1995.
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Francis X. Sommer —
of Barbourville, Knox
County, Ky.
Physician; American candidate for Presidential Elector for
Kentucky, 1972.
Still living as of 1972.
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John Glover South (1873-1940) —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Born in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., January
23, 1873.
Son of Col. Samuel South.
Republican. Physician; U.S. Minister to Panama, 1921-30; Portugal, 1930-33.
Died May 13,
1940 (age 67 years, 111
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Elisha David Standiford (1831-1887) —
of Kentucky.
Born near Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., December
28, 1831.
Democrat. Physician; farmer;
member of Kentucky
state senate, 1868, 1871; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1873-75; president,
Louisville & Nashville Railroad,
1875-79.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., July 26,
1887 (age 55 years, 210
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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John Edwin Trevey (1933-1990) —
also known as Jack Trevey —
of Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in 1933.
Republican. Physician; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 78th District, 1978-79; member of
Kentucky
state senate 12th District, 1979-90; died in office 1990.
Died in Fayette
County, Ky., June 28,
1990 (age about 56
years).
Interment at Hunting
Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Big Island, Va.
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William F. Vermilion (1830-1894) —
of Iowa.
Born in Kentucky, October
18, 1830.
Republican. Physician; served in the Union Army during the
Civil War; lawyer;
member of Iowa state
senate, 1869-73.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa, December
28, 1894 (age 64 years, 71
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Centerville, Iowa.
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Baker Ewing Watkins (1800-1876) —
of Colquitt
County, Ga.
Born in Meadow Creek, Whitley
County, Ky., August
18, 1800.
Son of Joel A. Watkins.
Minister;
physician; delegate to
Georgia state constitutional convention, 1865.
Methodist.
Died in Colquitt
County, Ga., November
26, 1876 (age 76 years, 100
days).
Interment at Greenfield
Cemetery, Moultrie, Ga.
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Harrison Lee Watkins (b. 1840) —
of Colquitt
County, Ga.
Born in Whitley
County, Ky., September
30, 1840.
Son of Baker
Ewing Watkins.
Physician; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1884-85.
Burial
location unknown.
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William J. Weston —
of Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.
Republican. Physician; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kentucky, 1932.
African
ancestry.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Paul S. York —
of Glasgow, Barren
County, Ky.
Republican. Physician; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kentucky, 1940,
1948,
1952.
Interment at Glasgow
Cemetery, Glasgow, Ky.
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