Wendell Hampton Ford was an American politician from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. He served for twenty-four years in the U.S. Senate and was the 53rd Governor of Kentucky. He was the first person to be successively elected lieutenant governor,governor and United States senator in Kentucky history. The Senate Democratic whip from 1991 to 1999,he was considered the leader of the state's Democratic Party from his election to governor in 1971 until he retired from the Senate in 1999. At the time of his retirement,he was the longest-serving senator in Kentucky's history,a mark which was then surpassed by Mitch McConnell in 2009. He is the most recent Democrat to have served as a Senator from the state of Kentucky.
Jerry Edwin Abramson is an American Democratic politician who was the 55th lieutenant governor of Kentucky. On November 6,2014,Governor Steve Beshear announced that Abramson would step down from his position as lieutenant governor to accept the job of Director of Intergovernmental Affairs in the Obama White House. He was replaced by former State Auditor Crit Luallen.
William Voris Gregory was an attorney and politician,serving as a United States representative from Kentucky from 1927 to his death in office. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
Thomas Clay McCreery was a Democratic U.S. Senator from Kentucky.
The Louisville Metro Council is the city council of Louisville,Kentucky. It was formally established in January 2003 upon the merger of the former City of Louisville with Jefferson County and replaced the city's Board of Aldermen and the county's Fiscal Court. Louisville City Hall houses the offices and chambers of the council.
The government of Louisville,Kentucky,headquartered at Louisville City Hall in Downtown Louisville,is organized under Chapter 67C of the Kentucky Revised Statutes as a First-Class city in the state of Kentucky. Created after the merger of the governments of Louisville,Kentucky and Jefferson County,Kentucky,the city/county government is organized under a mayor-council system. The Mayor is elected to four-year terms and is responsible for the administration of city government. The Louisville Metro Council is a unicameral body consisting of 26 members,each elected from a geographic district,normally for four-year terms. The Mayor is limited to a three consecutive term limit,while members of the Louisville Metro Council are not term limited.
Wilson Watkins Wyatt was an American politician who served as Mayor of Louisville,Kentucky from 1941 to 1945 and as the 43rd Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky from 1959 to 1963. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
Tom Owen is a historian and Democratic politician in Louisville,Kentucky,former Metro Council President,and former councilman for District 8,a position he held from 2002-2016. Prior to that,he had served on the old Board of Aldermen from 1990 to 1998. He is a full professor at the University of Louisville,and has worked at the school since 1968. He holds a Ph.D. in American History from the University of Kentucky and a bachelor of divinity from Methodist Theological School in Ohio. He and his wife,Phyllis,have a daughter,two sons and seven grandchildren.
Horatio Washington Bruce was a Confederate politician during the American Civil War.
John Watson Barr was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kentucky.
The 2010 mayoral election in Louisville Metro took place on November 2,2010 alongside other federal,state and local elections.
Gregory Edward Fischer is an American businessman and entrepreneur who served as the second mayor of Louisville Metro from 2011 to 2023. In 2019,he was elected vice president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors,and in 2020,he served as its president.
Edgar Browne Hager (1868–1935) was a criminal defense lawyer known for his oratory skills,mayor of Ashland,Kentucky,and president of the Kentucky Municipal League.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Kentucky on November 3,2015. All of Kentucky's executive officers were up for election. Primary elections were held on May 19,2015.
The 2016 United States Senate election in Kentucky was held November 8,2016 to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Kentucky,concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. The primaries were held May 17.
Walter Arnold Baker was an American lawyer and politician who served in both houses of the Kentucky General Assembly,in the presidential administration of Ronald Reagan,and on the Kentucky Supreme Court. A graduate of Harvard Law School,Baker also served as a judge advocate general in the Kentucky Air National Guard for 20 years.
William Milton Gant was an associate justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals from 1976 to 1982 and the Kentucky Supreme Court from 1983 to 1991.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Kentucky on November 5,2019,with all executive offices in the state up for election. Primary elections were held on May 21,2019.
Joseph “Joe”Richard Wright was a member of the Kentucky State Senate from 1976 to 1992 representing the state’s 5th district. From 1981 to 1992 he was the Majority Floor Leader for the Democratic Party.
David Yates is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of the Kentucky Senate from the 37th district. Elected in November 2020,he assumed office on January 1,2021.
