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Clothing and Textile Politicians in Kentucky

Frank Houston Bassett (1873-1950) — of Hopkinsville, Christian County, Ky. Born in Stephensport, Breckinridge County, Ky., November 1, 1873. 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.   Relatives: Son of James Hervey Bassett and Georgia (Houston) Bassett; married, February 23, 1898, to Mamie Elizabeth Thompson; father of Frank Houston Bassett Jr..   Political family: Bassett family of Hopkinsville, Kentucky.   See also 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. 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: Son of William Francis Bradshaw and Virginia (Wheeler) Bradshaw; married, June 21, 1905, to Rosena Ashton White.   William Jason Fields (1874-1954) — also known as William J. Fields — of Olive Hill, Carter County, Ky. Born in Willard, Carter County, Ky., December 29, 1874. Democrat. Farmer; real estate dealer; commercial traveler for wholesale grocers and dry goods; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 9th District, 1911-23; Governor of Kentucky, 1923-27; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1924, 1952. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Died in Grayson, Carter County, Ky., October 21, 1954 (age 79 years, 296 days). Interment at Olive Hill Cemetery, Olive Hill, Ky.   Relatives: Son of Christopher C. Fields and Alice (Rucker) Fields; married, October 28, 1893, to Dora McDavid.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography   Maxwell Henry Gluck (1899-1984) — also known as Maxwell H. Gluck — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y.; Lexington, Fayette County, Ky.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Commerce, Hunt County, Tex., November 4, 1899. Republican. Women's wear merchant; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1956; U.S. Ambassador to Ceylon, 1957-58. Died, of heart failure, at the UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., November 21, 1984 (age 85 years, 17 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Married 1948 to Muriel Schlesinger.   See also U.S. State Dept career summary   Frank W. Joplin (1872-1956) — of Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Ky. Born in Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Ky., November 14, 1872. Democrat. Postmaster at Elizabethtown, Ky., 1896-99; dry goods merchant; hotel operator. Died, from a coronary occlusion, in Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Ky., August 7, 1956 (age 83 years, 267 days). Interment at Elizabethtown City Cemetery, Elizabethtown, Ky.   Relatives: Married to Pearl White.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Thomas S. Newman (1851-1916) — also known as Tom Newman — of Ashland, Boyd County, Ky. Born in Spencer County, Ky., February, 1851. Clothing merchant; mayor of Ashland, Ky., 1894-97. Died in Ashland, Boyd County, Ky., 1916 (age about 65 years). Interment at Ashland Cemetery, Ashland, Ky.   Relatives: Married to Kate R. Carr.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   William Ralph Vincent, Sr. (c.1925-2003) — also known as William R. Vincent; Bill Vincent — of Leitchfield, Grayson County, Ky. Born in Bee Springs, Edmonson County, Ky., about 1925. Democrat. Clothing merchant; candidate for Kentucky state senate 5th District, 1975; Kentucky director for Agricultural Conservation and Stabilization Service. Baptist. Member, Rotary; Freemasons. Died, in St. Joseph Hospital, Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., October 22, 2003 (age about 78 years). Interment at Sweeden Cemetery, Sweeden, Ky.   Relatives: Son of Hillery Vincent and Mattie Meredith Vincent; married to Annabelle Lane Vincent.

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