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Henry Luesing Brooks (1905-1971) —
also known as Henry L. Brooks —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., December
9, 1905.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; circuit judge in
Kentucky, 1946-48; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kentucky, 1948;
U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Kentucky, 1954-69; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1969-71; died in
office 1971.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died December
30, 1971 (age 66 years, 21
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Monroe Leer Buckley (1905-1979) —
also known as Leer Buckley —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Bourbon
County, Ky., February
2, 1905.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 76th District, 1932-33; member of
Kentucky
state senate 27th District, 1936-39; chair of
Fayette County Republican Party, 1946.
Disciples
of Christ; later Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the Revolution; Phi Delta Phi; Kappa
Alpha Order; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Junior
Order; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in January, 1979
(age 73
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Franklin Buckley and Corday (Leer) Buckley; married, April
20, 1933, to Amelia Pickrell King. |
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Harry Monroe Caudill (b. 1922) —
also known as Harry M. Caudill —
of Whitesburg, Letcher
County, Ky.
Born in Whitesburg, Letcher
County, Ky., May 3,
1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 92nd District, 1954-57, 1960-61;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,
1960.
Member, Phi Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Cro C. Caudill and Martha V. (Blair) Caudill; married, December
15, 1946, to Anne Robertson Frye. |
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Cassius M. Clay (1895-1959) —
of Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky.
Born in Bourbon
County, Ky., March 2,
1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; farmer;
general solicitor, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad,
1941-45; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 67th District, 1954-55; member of
Kentucky
state senate 28th District, 1958-59; died in office 1959.
Christian.
Member, American
Legion; Farm
Bureau; Phi
Beta Kappa; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi Delta Phi.
Died November
26, 1959 (age 64 years, 269
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Bertram Thomas Combs (1911-1991) —
also known as Bert T. Combs —
of Prestonsburg, Floyd
County, Ky.
Born in Manchester, Clay
County, Ky., August
13, 1911.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1951-55; state court judge in
Kentucky, 1957-59; Governor of
Kentucky, 1959-63; defeated, 1955, 1971; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1960,
1964;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Kentucky, 1966; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1967-70.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Order of
the Coif; Phi Delta Phi.
Drowned
when his automobile
was washed from the roadway into the Red River, during a flood, near
Rosslyn, Powell
County, Ky., December
4, 1991 (age 80 years, 113
days).
Interment at Beech
Creek Cemetery, Manchester, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Stephen Gibson Combs and Martha (Jones) Combs; married, June 15,
1937, to Mabel Hall. |
| | | The Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway,
which runs through Clark,
Powell,
Wolfe,
Morgan,
and Magoffin
counties in Kentucky, is named for
him. — Bert T. Combs Lake,
in Clay
County, Kentucky, is named for
him. |
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Governors Association biography — NNDB
dossier |
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Spencer D. Noe (b. 1943) —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Danville, Boyle
County, Ky., January
8, 1943.
Lawyer;
Democratic candidate for Kentucky
state house of representatives 78th District, 1973; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 2004.
Member, Phi Delta Phi.
Still living as of 2004.
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Robert Hickman Walker (1886-1962) —
also known as R. Hickman Walker —
of Grand Junction, Mesa
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Marion, Crittenden
County, Ky., July 19,
1886.
Lawyer;
justice
of Colorado state supreme court, 1928; defeated, 1928.
Member, Phi Delta Phi.
Died in Denver,
Colo., November
19, 1962 (age 76 years, 123
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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John Clarence Watts (1902-1971) —
also known as John C. Watts —
of Nicholasville, Jessamine
County, Ky.
Born in Nicholasville, Jessamine
County, Ky., July 9,
1902.
Democrat. Lawyer; farmer; chair of
Jessamine County Democratic Party, 1928-53; Jessamine
County Attorney, 1933-45; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1940;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1947-48; Kentucky motor
transportation commissioner, 1948-51; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1951-71; died in
office 1971.
Member, Phi Delta Phi; Knights
of Pythias; Lions.
Died in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., September
24, 1971 (age 69 years, 77
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Nicholasville, Ky.
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