James Paul David Bunning was an American professional baseball pitcher and politician who represented Kentucky in both chambers of the United States Congress. He was the sole Major League Baseball athlete to have been elected to both the United States Senate and the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Alben William Barkley was an American lawyer and politician from Kentucky who served as the 35th vice president of the United States from 1949 to 1953 under President Harry S. Truman. In 1905,he was elected to local offices and in 1912 as a U.S. representative. Serving in both houses of Congress,he was a liberal Democrat,supporting President Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom domestic agenda and foreign policy.
Trigg County is a county located on the far southwest border of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census,the population was 14,061. Its county seat is Cadiz. Formed in 1820,the county was named for Stephen Trigg,an officer in the American Revolutionary War who was killed at the Battle of Blue Licks,now in Robertson County,Kentucky. It was a victory for British and allied troops.
Addison Mitchell McConnell III is an American politician and retired attorney who has served as Senate Minority Leader since 2021 and the senior United States senator from Kentucky since 1985,the longest serving senator in his state's history. He previously served as minority leader from 2007 to 2015,majority leader from 2015 to 2021 and was majority whip from 2003 to 2007. McConnell has been the leader of the Senate Republican Conference since 2007,making him the longest serving Senate party leader in U.S. history.
Julian Morton Carroll was an American lawyer and politician from the state of Kentucky. A Democrat,he served as the 54th governor of Kentucky from 1974 to 1979,succeeding Wendell H. Ford,who resigned to accept a seat in the U.S. Senate. He was most recently a member of the Kentucky Senate,representing Anderson,Franklin,Woodford,Gallatin,and Owen counties. He was the first Kentucky governor from the state's far-western Jackson Purchase region. Thelma Stovall,who served as lieutenant governor with him,was the first woman to be elected lieutenant governor of Kentucky.
Lieutenant-general Stanley Charles Waters was Canada's first senator to be appointed to his Senate seat following a non-binding provincial Senate election.
Walter Darlington "Dee" Huddleston was an American politician. He was a Democrat from Kentucky who represented the state in the United States Senate from 1973 until 1985. He was defeated for re-election in 1984 by Mitch McConnell by 5,269 votes. Huddleston had a career in commercial broadcasting prior to entering politics.
James Edward Murray was an American politician and United States Senator from Montana,and a liberal leader of the Democratic Party. He served in the United States Senate from 1934 until 1961.
Augustus Owsley Stanley I was an American politician from Kentucky. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as the 38th governor of Kentucky and also represented the state in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. From 1903 to 1915,Stanley represented Kentucky's 2nd congressional district in the House of Representatives,where he gained a reputation as a progressive reformer. Beginning in 1904,he called for an antitrust investigation of the American Tobacco Company,claiming they were a monopsony that drove down prices for the tobacco farmers of his district. As a result of his investigation,the Supreme Court of the United States ordered the breakup of the American Tobacco Company in 1911. Stanley also chaired a committee that conducted an antitrust investigation of U.S. Steel,which brought him national acclaim. Many of his ideas were incorporated into the Clayton Antitrust Act.
Henry Cornelius Burnett was an American politician who served as a Confederate States senator from Kentucky from 1862 to 1865. From 1855 to 1861,Burnett served four terms in the United States House of Representatives. A lawyer by profession,Burnett had held only one public office—circuit court clerk—before being elected to Congress. He represented Kentucky's 1st congressional district immediately prior to the Civil War. This district contained the entire Jackson Purchase region of the state,which was more sympathetic to the Confederate cause than any other area of Kentucky. Burnett promised the voters of his district that he would have President Abraham Lincoln arraigned for treason. Unionist newspaper editor George D. Prentice described Burnett as "a big,burly,loud-mouthed fellow who is forever raising points of order and objections,to embarrass the Republicans in the House".
Stanley C. Rosenberg is an American politician who served as President of the Massachusetts Senate from January 2015 until December 2017. Rosenberg was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1986 and served as the representative for Amherst and Pelham until 1991 when he won a special election for the State Senate seat being vacated by Congressman John Olver. A Democrat,Rosenberg resigned from the Senate on May 4,2018,amidst a sexual harassment scandal involving his husband,Bryon Hefner.
Edwin Porch Morrow was an American politician,who served as the 40th Governor of Kentucky from 1919 to 1923. He was the only Republican elected to this office between 1907 and 1927. He championed the typical Republican causes of his day,namely equal rights for African-Americans and the use of force to quell violence. Morrow had been schooled in his party's principles by his father,Thomas Z. Morrow,who was its candidate for governor in 1883,and his uncle,William O. Bradley,who was elected governor in 1895. Both men were founding members of the Republican Party in Kentucky.
The 2003 Kentucky gubernatorial election was held to elect the Governor of Kentucky on November 4,2003. Republican candidate Ernie Fletcher defeated Democrat Ben Chandler and became the first Republican governor of Kentucky in 32 years.
Gregory Frederick Van Tatenhove,also known as Greg Van Tatenhove,is a US district judge of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. He was a legislative aide of Senator Mitch McConnell,a law clerk for Judge Eugene Edward Siler Jr.,US Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky (2001–05),and on the recommendation of Senators Jim Bunning and Mitch McConnell he was nominated to fill his current seat on the US District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky (2006–present). Daniel Cameron was a law clerk for Van Tatenhove,who later swore him in as Kentucky Attorney General.
The 2015 Kentucky gubernatorial election took place on November 3,2015. Incumbent Democratic Governor Steve Beshear was ineligible to run for a third term due to term limits. Primary elections were held on May 19,2015.
John Morgan McGarvey is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Kentucky's 3rd congressional district since 2023. A Democrat,he represented the 19th district in the Kentucky Senate from 2013 to 2023. In 2018,he was elected minority leader,becoming one of the youngest members of a general assembly in the nation to serve in a leadership role. He is currently the only Democrat in Kentucky's congressional delegation.
Robert J. "Bob" Leeper is an American independent politician and chiropractor. He was a member of the Kentucky State Senate from 1991 to 2015 retiring to run for McCracken County Judge-Executive. In 2014,he was elected Judge-Executive of McCracken County,but chose not to seek reelection in 2018.
The 2022 United States Senate election in Kentucky was held on November 8,2022,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent Kentucky. Incumbent Republican Rand Paul won reelection to a third term,defeating Democratic nominee Charles Booker.
The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky were held on November 8,2022,to elect the six U.S. representatives from the state of Kentucky,one from each of the state's six congressional districts. The elections coincided with other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.
Jason G. Howell is an American politician and a Republican member of the Kentucky Senate representing District 1.
