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Kentucky: Commissioners of Agriculture, Labor & Statistics

Kentucky Commissioners of Agriculture, Labor & Statistics, 1891-2022 (May be incomplete!)
Charles Y. Wilson 1891 Nicholas McDowell 1892-95 Lucas Moore 1896-99 Ion B. Nall 1900-03 Hubert Vreeland 1904-07 M. C. Rankin 1908-11 J. W. Newman 1912-15 Mat S. Cohen 1916-19 William C. Hanna 1920-23 Clell Coleman 1924-27 Newton Bright 1928-31 Eugene Flowers 1932-35 Garth Ferguson 1936-39 William H. May 1940-43 Elliott Robertson 1944-47 Harry F. Walters 1948-51 Ben S. Adams 1951-55 Ben J. Butler 1956-59 Emerson Beauchamp 1960-63 Wendell P. Butler 1964-67 J. Robert Miller 1968-71 Wendell P. Butler 1972-75 Thomas O. Harris 1976-79 Alben W. Barkley II 1980-83 David E. Boswell 1984-87 Ward Burnette 1988-91 Charles L. Hamilton 1991 Ed Logsdon 1992-95 Billy Ray Smith 1996-2003 Richie Farmer 2004-11 James Comer 2012-15 Ryan F. Quarles 2016-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1955 Nov 8: Ben J. Butler (Dem), elected; Lambert R. Scott (Rep), defeated; John Salmon (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1975 May 27: Thomas O. Harris (Dem), nominated; Beverly G. Yeiser, Sr. (Dem), defeated in primary; Kenneth Boone (Dem), defeated in primary; John Alton Stephenson (Dem), defeated in primary; Ray Stewart (Dem), defeated in primary; Woodrow W. Hollan (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1975 Nov 4: Thomas O. Harris (Dem), elected; J. Robert Miller (Rep), defeated.
  • 1979 May 29: Alben W. Barkley II (Dem), nominated; Fred Waters (Dem), defeated in primary; Edward G. Brown (Dem), defeated in primary; Mancil J. Vinson (Dem), defeated in primary; Woodrow Wilson (Dem), defeated in primary; Don E. Kenady (Dem), defeated in primary; Melvin D. Martin (Dem), defeated in primary; Ken Hall (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1979 May 29: Roy C. Gray, Jr. (Rep), nominated; Tommy Klein (Rep), defeated in primary; Clyde Simeck Acres (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1979 Nov 6: Alben W. Barkley II (Dem), elected; Roy C. Gray, Jr. (Rep), defeated.
  • 1983 May 23: David E. Boswell (Dem), nominated; Ward Burnette (Dem), defeated in primary; Thomas O. Harris (Dem), defeated in primary; Gatewood Galbraith (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1983 May 24: Richard A. Turner (Rep), nominated; Kenneth O. Carpenter (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1983 Nov 8: David E. Boswell (Dem), elected; Richard A. Turner (Rep), defeated.
  • 1987 May 26: Ward Burnette (Dem), nominated; Ralph M. Lowe (Dem), defeated in primary; B. A. 'Bill' Abner (Dem), defeated in primary; Franklin D. Roosevelt Keesee (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1987 Nov 3: Ward Burnette (Dem), elected; John Underwood, Jr. (Rep), defeated.
  • 1991 Feb 9: Charles L. Hamilton, appointed.
  • 1991 May 28: Ed Logsdon (Dem), nominated; Michael J. Greene (Dem), defeated in primary; Glen Holbrook (Dem), defeated in primary; Julian T. Harris (Dem), defeated in primary; Willard Morris (Dem), defeated in primary; Donald W. Gooch (Dem), defeated in primary; Harry W. Hieneman (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1991 May 28: Leonard W. Beasley (Rep), nominated; J. Kenneth Evans (Rep), defeated in primary; John Underwood, Jr. (Rep), defeated in primary; Barry Drew Barmore (Rep), defeated in primary; Randall Gibson Curry (Rep), defeated in primary; Art Eddleman (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1991 Nov 5: Ed Logsdon (Dem), elected; Leonard W. Beasley (Rep), defeated.
  • 1995 May 23: Glen Holbrook (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 2003 May 20: Glen Holbrook (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 2003 May 20: Leonard W. Beasley (Rep), defeated in primary.
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