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John Rowan (1773-1843) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born near York, York
County, Pa., July 12,
1773.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to
Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1799; secretary of
state of Kentucky, 1804-08; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1807-09; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1813-17, 1822-24; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1819-21; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1825-31.
Built the mansion "Federal Hill", later made famous by his cousin,
the songwriter Stephen Foster, in the song "My Old Kentucky Home."
Fought a duel
about 1801 with an acquaintance, James Chambers, in which the latter
was killed; arrested
and tried on
murder
charges,
but acquitted.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., July 13,
1843 (age 70 years, 1
days).
Interment at Bardstown
Cemetery, Bardstown, Ky.
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Joseph Hamilton Daviess (1774-1811) —
also known as Joe Daviess —
of Danville, Boyle
County, Ky.; Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Bedford
County, Va., March 4,
1774.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for Kentucky, 1800-06; major in the U.S. Army during the
War of 1812.
Welsh
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Around 1801, he served as a second to John
Rowan in his duel
with James Chambers; after Chambers was killed, he fled
to avoid
prosecution as accomplice to murder,
and became a fugitive,
but when Rowan was arrested, he returned to act as Rowan's legal
counsel.
Shot
and killed
in the Battle of Tippecanoe, in what is now Tippecanoe
County, Ind., November
7, 1811 (age 37 years, 248
days).
Interment at Tippecanoe
Battlefield Park, Battle Ground, Ind.
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Benjamin Sebastian —
of Kentucky.
Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1792-1806.
Accused of being a paid agent
of Spain; the charge was investigated
by the Kentucky legislature, and he resigned in
disgrace.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cassius Marcellus Clay (1810-1903) —
also known as Cassius M. Clay; "The Lion of White
Hall" —
of Madison
County, Ky.
Born in Madison
County, Ky., October
19, 1810.
Son of Green
Clay.
Probably the best-known Southern emancipationist; freed his own
slaves in 1844 and edited the only Southern antislavery newspaper
in 1845-47.; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1835-37, 1840; delegate to Whig
National Convention from Kentucky, 1839 (speaker); shot
point-blank during a speech in 1843, he used a Bowie knife to cut off
the attacker's ear and nose and cut out one eye; tried for
mayhem
and found not guilty; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;
candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1860;
U.S. Minister to Russia, 1861-62, 1863-69; general in the Union Army during the
Civil War.
Died, of kidney
failure, in Madison
County, Ky., July 22,
1903 (age 92 years, 276
days).
Interment at Richmond
Cemetery, Richmond, Ky.
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John Louis Hargis (1802-1886) —
also known as "Bally John" —
of Jackson, Breathitt
County, Ky.; Morehead, Rowan
County, Ky.
Born in Washington
County, Va., March 4,
1802.
Lawyer;
Breathitt
County Court Clerk; removed from
office as Court Clerk, 1846, over unspecified
charges
against him; delegate to
Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1855-57.
Died in Morehead, Rowan
County, Ky., April 2,
1886 (age 84 years, 29
days).
Interment somewhere
in Morehead, Ky.
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John Milton Elliott (1820-1879) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Scott
County, Va., May 20,
1820.
Son of John Elliott and Jane Elliott.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1847, 1860-61; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1853-59; Delegate
from Kentucky to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Representative
from Kentucky in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; circuit judge
in Kentucky, 1868-74; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1876-79; died in office 1879.
Expelled
from the Kentucky legislature in 1861 for supporting
the Confederacy.
Shot
and killed by
Col. Thomas Buford, in front of the ladies' entrance to the Capitol
Hotel,
in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., March 26,
1879 (age 58 years, 310
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.; statue at Boyd
County Courthouse Grounds, Catlettsburg, Ky.
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John Cabell Breckinridge (1821-1875) —
also known as John C. Breckinridge —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born near Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., January
21, 1821.
Son of Joseph
Cabell Breckinridge and Mary Clay (Smith) Breckinridge.
Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1849-51; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1851-55; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1856;
Vice
President of the United States, 1857-61; Southern Democratic
candidate for President
of the United States, 1860; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1861; general in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War; Confederate
Secretary of War, 1865.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Expelled
from the U.S. Senate on December 4, 1861 for his participation in the
Confederate
military. Fled
to Cuba at the end of the war, and lived in England and Canada until
1869.
Died, from lung disease
and liver
cirrhosis, in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., May 17,
1875 (age 54 years, 116
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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William T. Casto (1824-1862) —
Born January
24, 1824.
Son of Abijah Casto.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Maysville, Ky.; arrested
in 1861 and imprisoned
for allegedly aiding
the Confederacy; released in 1862.
Blamed Col. Leonidas Metcalfe (son of Gov. Thomas
Metcalfe) for his imprisonment; challenged him to a duel; the
weapons were Colt rifles at 60 yards; Casto was shot dead
on the first fire, in Bracken
County, Ky., May 8,
1862 (age 38 years, 104
days).
Interment at Maysville
Cemetery, Maysville, Ky.
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Epitaph: "A
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for his Principles and as a man of Honor nobly fell a Veteran of the
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Richard Taylor Jacob (1825-1903) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Oldham
County, Ky., 1825.
Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1863-64.
Arrested
for alleged disloyalty,
removed
from office, and banished
from Kentucky, November 11, 1864; later allowed to return to the
state under direct orders from President Abraham
Lincoln.
Died in 1903
(age about
78 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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James W. Tate (b. 1831) —
also known as "Honest Dick" —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Born in Franklin
County, Ky., January
2, 1831.
Kentucky
state treasurer, 1868-.
Absconded
from the state treasurer's office in March, 1888; Gov. Simon
Buckner said Tate had embezzled
almost $250,000 from the state. Impeached
in absentia by the Kentucky House; convicted
and removed from
office by the Senate.
He never
returned, and his fate is unknown.
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William Cassius Goodloe (1841-1889) —
also known as W. Cassius Goodloe —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Madison
County, Ky., June 27,
1841.
Son of D. I. Goodloe.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kentucky, 1868,
1872
(delegation chair), 1884,
1888;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1871; defeated, 1867; member of
Republican
National Committee from Kentucky, 1872-; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1873; candidate for Kentucky
state attorney general, 1875; U.S. Minister to Belgium, 1878-80.
Episcopalian.
Member, Loyal
Legion.
During a violent encounter in the lobby of the Lexington Post
Office, he repeatedly
stabbed and ultimately killed a political enemy, Col. Armistead
Swope, who meanwhile shot and
badly
wounded him; before any prosecution
could ensue, he died of his own wounds two days later, in the Phoenix
Hotel,
Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., November
8, 1889 (age 48 years, 134
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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William Campbell Preston Breckinridge (1837-1904) —
also known as William C. P. Breckinridge —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., August
28, 1837.
Son of Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge.
Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1876;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1885-95; defeated
(National Democratic), 1896.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
In 1894, he was successfully sued for breach of promise by a former
mistress; he acknowledged the affair, affair, but the scandal
ended his political career.
Died, of apoplexy,
in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., November
18, 1904 (age 67 years, 82
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Charles Finley (1865-1941) —
of Williamsburg, Whitley
County, Ky.
Born in Williamsburg, Whitley
County, Ky., March 26,
1865.
Son of Hugh
Franklin Finley and Jennie Renfro (Moss) Finley.
Republican. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1894; secretary of
state of Kentucky, 1896-1900; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 11th District, 1930-33.
Member, Junior
Order; Rotary; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Among those charged
in 1900 with the murder
of Gov. William
J. Goebel; pardoned
in 1909.
Died in Williamsburg, Whitley
County, Ky., March 18,
1941 (age 75 years, 357
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Williamsburg, Ky.
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William Sylvester Taylor (1853-1928) —
also known as William S. Taylor; W. S. Taylor;
"Hogjaw" —
of Morgantown, Butler
County, Ky.
Born in Butler
County, Ky., October
10, 1853.
Republican. Lawyer;
state court judge in Kentucky, 1886; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kentucky, 1888,
1900;
Kentucky
state attorney general, 1896-99; Governor of
Kentucky, 1899-1900.
Indicted
in 1900 as a conspirator in the assassination
of William
J. Goebel; fled
to Indiana; never extradited; pardoned
in 1909 by Gov. Augustus
E. Willson.
Died August 2,
1928 (age 74 years, 297
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Caleb Powers (1869-1932) —
of Barbourville, Knox
County, Ky.
Born in Whitley
County, Ky., February
1, 1869.
Republican. Lawyer; secretary of
state of Kentucky, 1900; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 11th District, 1911-19; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1916.
Prosecuted
and thrice convicted
for the murder
of Gov. William
J. Goebel and spent eight years in prison;
pardoned
in 1908 by Gov. Augustus
E. Willson.
Died July 25,
1932 (age 63 years, 175
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Barbourville, Ky.
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James Henderson Hargis (1862-1908) —
also known as James H. Hargis; "Big
Jim" —
of Jackson, Breathitt
County, Ky.
Born in Jackson, Breathitt
County, Ky., October
13, 1862.
Son of John
Seldon Hargis.
Democrat. County judge in Kentucky; member of Kentucky
Democratic State Central Committee, 1899-1907.
Tried
and acquitted for the 1902-03 murders
of J.
B. Marcum and two others, but found liable for plotting
the killings in a 1904 civil suit for money damages by surviving
family members.
Shot
and killed by
his son, Beech Hargis, in the Hargis Brothers general
store, Jackson, Breathitt
County, Ky., February
6, 1908 (age 45 years, 116
days).
Interment at Hargis
Family Cemetery, Jackson, Ky.
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Paul C. Barth (1858-1907) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., 1858.
Mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1905-07.
Removed
from office over alleged vote
fraud in 1907.
Committed
suicide by gunshot,
in the lavatory of his office,
Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., August
21, 1907 (age about 49
years).
Interment at St.
Louis Catholic Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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John Wesley Langley (1868-1932) —
also known as John W. Langley —
of Prestonsburg, Floyd
County, Ky.; Pikeville, Pike
County, Ky.
Born in Floyd
County, Ky., January
14, 1868.
Republican. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1886-90; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kentucky, 1888,
1900,
1916;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1907-26; defeated,
1896; resigned 1926.
Convicted
in 1924 of conspiracy to transport
and sell liquor re-elected while his appeal was pending, but resigned
from Congress in 1926; sentenced
to a term in federal prison.
Granted clemency by President Calvin
Coolidge.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Pikeville, Pike
County, Ky., January
17, 1932 (age 64 years, 3
days).
Interment at Langley
Cemetery, Middle Creek, Ky.
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Henry H. Denhardt (1876-1937) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Warren
County, Ky., 1876.
Democrat. Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1923-27.
Shot
and injured on Election Day 1931. After his girlfriend was killed in
November 1936, he was charged
with murder
and tried in
LaGrange, Ky.; the jury could not reach a verdict.
Before he could be tried a second time, he was shot and
killed,
at the Armstrong Hotel,
Shelbyville, Shelby
County, Ky., September
20, 1937 (age about 61
years).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Bowling Green, Ky.
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Andrew Jackson May (1875-1959) —
also known as Andrew J. May —
of Prestonsburg, Floyd
County, Ky.
Born near Langley, Floyd
County, Ky., June 24,
1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; Floyd
County Attorney, 1901-09; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1931-47 (10th District 1931-33,
at-large 1933-35, 7th District 1935-47); defeated, 1928 (10th
District), 1946 (7th District).
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
In 1943, he was briefed about the flaws in the Japanese
anti-submarine munitions; he revealed
this information to the press, and hence to the Japanese, who
quickly improved their depth charges. After the war, this indiscretion
was estimated to have cost the U.S. ten submarines and 800 men. Convicted,
on July 3, 1947, on charges
of accepting
bribes for his influence
in the award of munitions contracts during World War II; served nine
months in prison;
received a full pardon
from President Harry
S. Truman in 1952.
Died in Prestonsburg, Floyd
County, Ky., September
6, 1959 (age 84 years, 74
days).
Interment at Mayo
Cemetery, Prestonsburg, Ky.
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Edward Fretwell Prichard, Jr. (1915-1984) —
also known as E. F. Prichard, Jr.;
"Prich" —
of Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky.; Versailles, Woodford
County, Ky.
Born in Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky., 1915.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,
1948,
1960,
1964;
in 1949, he was convicted
of vote
fraud in federal court, over ballot-box
stuffing in Bourbon County, Kentucky; served five months in prison.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died in 1984
(age about
69 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Tito Carinci (1928-2006) —
of Newport, Campbell
County, Ky.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born December
15, 1928.
President and manager of the Glenn Hotel and
the Tropicana bar and
casino; arrested
in 1961 on obstruction
of justice charges;
candidate in primary for mayor of
Newport, Ky., 1963.
Died November
12, 2006 (age 77 years, 332
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John J. Peluso (b. 1923) —
also known as "Johnny TV" —
of Newport, Campbell
County, Ky.
Born June 1,
1923.
Mayor
of Newport, Ky., 1964-68, 1976-80; defeated, 1971, 1983.
Indicted
in 1973 on charges
of possession
of stolen bonds; later dismissed. Convicted
in 1983 of promoting
gambling. Indicted
in 1984 on federal charges
of bribery
and conspiracy; pleaded
guilty to perjury
in 1985; sentenced
to ten years in prison;
released in 1989.
Still living as of 2001.
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William Brown Stansbury (1923-1985) —
also known as William B. Stansbury —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Corydon, Harrison
County, Ind., March 18,
1923.
Son of James Bernard Stansbury and Alliene (Brown) Stansbury.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; chair of
Jefferson County Democratic Party, 1968-76; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1977-81; in 1978, during a firemen's strike,
he left the city, saying that he was going to a conference in
Atlanta; instead, he went to New Orleans for a tryst
with his administrative assistant; the scandal
led to an effort to impeach
him; soon after, a city official pleaded guilty to extorting
$16,000 from local businessmen; when questioned by a federal grand
jury as to whether this money came to his campaign
or to him personally, Stansbury refused to answer, claiming the Fifth
Amendment right against self-incrimination.
Member, Delta
Upsilon; American Bar
Association.
William B. Stansbury Park, along South Third Street in Louisville,
Ky., is named for
him.
While crossing Bardstown Road to enter St. Francis of Assisi Church,
he was hit by a
car, and died soon after in Humana Hospital-University,
Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., April 4,
1985 (age 62 years, 17
days); His mother was killed in the same accident, and his wife
was injured.
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Marvin Lee Worthington (1940-2000) —
also known as Marvin L. Worthington; Pete
Worthington —
of Washington, Mason
County, Ky.
Born December
5, 1940.
Engineer;
farmer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1978-2000; died in office 2000.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Farm
Bureau; Odd
Fellows.
Charged
with drunken
driving
and speeding
in Fayette County, Ky., in 1992; pleaded
guilty to a reduced charge of
reckless
driving.
Driving on U.S. Highway 68 while intoxicated, he crossed the center
line and collided
with another car; both he and the other driver (Sherri Commodore
Chambers) were killed, near Mayslick, Mason
County, Ky., October
12, 2000 (age 59 years, 312
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Carroll Hubbard, Jr. (b. 1937) —
of Mayfield, Graves
County, Ky.
Born in Murray, Calloway
County, Ky., July 7,
1937.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kentucky, 1960;
member of Kentucky
state senate, 1968-75; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 1st District, 1975-93; candidate in
primary for Governor of
Kentucky, 1979.
Baptist.
Pleaded
guilty in 1994 to conspiring to defraud the Federal Elections
Commission, and to theft of government property; sentenced
to three years in prison.
Still living as of 2009.
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Carl Christopher Perkins (b. 1954) —
also known as Carl C. Perkins; Chris
Perkins —
of Leburn, Knott
County, Ky.
Born in Washington,
D.C., August 6,
1954.
Son of Carl
Dewey Perkins.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1981-84; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1985-93; minister.
Baptist;
later Presbyterian.
Pleaded
guilty in 1994 to bank
fraud in connection with the House banking scandal;
he wrote overdrafts totaling about $300,000 (covered by the House
bank) and made false statements to obtain
loans from commercial banks; also pleaded
guilty to charges of filing false statements with the Federal
Election Commission and false financial
disclosure reports. Sentenced
to 21 months in prison.
In March 2000, pleaded
guilty to criminal
contempt of court for lying to a federal probation officer about
his income.
Still living as of 2009.
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Bobby E. Crittendon —
of Dayton, Campbell
County, Ky.
Mayor
of Dayton, Ky., 1991-2000; appointed 1991; removed 2000; Impeached and
removed from office, by unanimous vote of the city council, over
misconduct
including his attempts to intimidate
the police chief on behalf of his son-in-law.
Still living as of 2000.
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Wallace G. Wilkinson (1941-2002) —
also known as "The Weasel" —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Casey
County, Ky., December
12, 1941.
Democrat. Governor of
Kentucky, 1987-91.
During bankruptcy proceedings in 2001, it was revealed that Wilkinson
had been operating a Ponzi
scheme, and that his liabilities exceeded his assets by $300
million; he repeatedly refused to answer questions under oath,
invoking his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.
However, he died before any prosecution could take place.
Died, of lymphatic
cancer and a stroke, in
St. Joseph Hospital,
Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., July 5,
2002 (age 60 years, 205
days).
Entombed at Sarasota Memorial Park, Sarasota, Fla.
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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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