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Politicians in Real Estate and Development in Kentucky

  David Aronberg (1893-1967) — of Ashland, Boyd County, Ky. Born in Manchester, England, April 3, 1893. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; merchant; real estate business; mayor of Ashland, Ky., 1952-55, 1960-64. Jewish. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Kiwanis; American Legion; Forty and Eight; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Elks. Died in Ashland, Boyd County, Ky., February 11, 1967 (age 73 years, 314 days). Interment at Ashland Cemetery, Ashland, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of Lewis Aronberg and Leah (Tarshes) Aronberg; married, May 12, 1925, to Sadie Freyman.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Peter Lee Atherton (1862-1939) — of Glenview, Jefferson County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky. Born October 7, 1862. Democrat. Real estate business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1916. Died January 10, 1939 (age 76 years, 95 days). Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
James L. Boyd James L. Boyd, Sr. (b. 1909) — of Ecorse, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Princeton, Caldwell County, Ky., July 5, 1909. Democrat. Auto worker; school principal; supermarket manager; real estate broker; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 17th District, 1957-58; candidate for Michigan state senate 5th District, 1966. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Elks; United Auto Workers. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Edna Louise Winston.
  Image source: Michigan Manual 1957-58
  James Carroll Bradley (1900-1969) — also known as J. C. Bradley — of Bedford, Trimble County, Ky. Born in Carroll County, Ky., August 12, 1900. Democrat. Real estate sales; merchant; tourist camp business; banker; farmer; member of Kentucky state house of representatives 53rd District, 1944-47, 1952-55. Baptist. Member, Lions. Died June 6, 1969 (age 68 years, 298 days). Interment at Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Milton, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of James R. Bradley and Ella (Wood) Bradley; married, September 13, 1924, to Eunice M. Wright.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Thomas Howell Crawford (1803-1871) — also known as Thomas H. Crawford — of Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky. Born in Rockbridge County, Va., March 1, 1803. Real estate agent; mayor of Louisville, Ky., 1859-61; defeated (Union), 1863; banker. Died as a result of a gas explosion at his home, in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., June 17, 1871 (age 68 years, 108 days). Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
  See also Wikipedia article
  John Millbank Delph (1805-1891) — also known as John M. Delph — of Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky. Born in Madison County, Va., August 18, 1805. Carpenter; real estate business; mayor of Louisville, Ky., 1850-52, 1861-63; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1870. Baptist. Died in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., December 16, 1891 (age 86 years, 120 days). Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Dave Disponett (born c.1936) — of Lawrenceburg, Anderson County, Ky. Born about 1936. Republican. Contractor; real estate developer; farmer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 2004; candidate for Presidential Elector for Kentucky. Still living as of 2012.
  Herbert Jackson Drane (1863-1947) — also known as Herbert J. Drane — of Lakeland, Polk County, Fla. Born in Franklin, Simpson County, Ky., June 20, 1863. Democrat. Railroad builder; insurance and real estate business; orange grower; mayor of Lakeland, Fla., 1888-92; member of Florida state house of representatives, 1903-05; member of Florida state senate, 1913-17; U.S. Representative from Florida 1st District, 1917-33; defeated, 1932; member, Federal Power Commission, 1933-37. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Woodmen; Sigma Nu Phi. Died in Lakeland, Polk County, Fla., August 11, 1947 (age 84 years, 52 days). Interment at Roselawn Cemetery, Lakeland, Fla.
  Relatives: Son of Ossian A. Drane and Josephine F. (Dickey) Drane; married, December 31, 1885, to Mary Wright; father of Ossian Wright Drane.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  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
  Ogden Haggerty Hammond (1869-1956) — also known as Ogden H. Hammond — of Bernardsville, Somerset County, N.J. Born in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., October 13, 1869. Republican. Real estate business; director, First National Bank of Jersey City; president, railway and real estate development companies; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1915-16; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1916, 1924 (alternate), 1932; U.S. Ambassador to Spain, 1925-29. Presbyterian. Died October 29, 1956 (age 87 years, 16 days). Interment at St. Bernard's Cemetery, Bernardsville, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of John Henry Hammond and Sophia Vernon (Wolf) Hammond; married 1907 to Mary Picton Stevens; married 1917 to Margaret McClure Howland; father of Ogden H. Hammond Jr. and Millicent Hammond Fenwick.
  Political family: Hammond-Stevens family of Bernardsville, New Jersey (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Harold L. Heiner — also known as Hal Heiner — of Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky. Republican. Civil engineer; real estate business; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 2008; candidate for mayor of Louisville, Ky., 2010. Member, American Society of Civil Engineers. Still living as of 2010.
  See also OurCampaigns candidate detail
  William Keith Henry (1916-2012) — also known as William K. Henry; Bill Henry — of Georgetown, Scott County, Ky. Born in Stamping Ground, Scott County, Ky., September 15, 1916. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; real estate business; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1952, 1960; candidate for Kentucky state house of representatives 62nd District, 1973, 1975. Presbyterian. Died in Wilmore, Jessamine County, Ky., April 7, 2012 (age 95 years, 205 days). Interment at Georgetown Cemetery, Georgetown, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of Dudley Davis Henry and Alice Keith (Sublett) Henry.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Paul Herron Jr. (b. 1924) — of Henderson, Henderson County, Ky. Born April 7, 1924. Democrat. Real estate broker; auctioneer; member of Kentucky state senate 4th District, 1995-. Methodist. Member, Moose; Elks; American Legion; Freemasons; Shriners. Still living as of 2004.
  Bruce Hoblitzell (1887-1970) — also known as "Mr. Hobby" — of Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky. Born in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., June 25, 1887. Democrat. Real estate agent; Jefferson County Sheriff; mayor of Louisville, Ky., 1957-61. Died August 11, 1970 (age 83 years, 47 days). Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Ernest Lackey (1867-1941) — of Paducah, McCracken County, Ky. Born in Paducah, McCracken County, Ky., June 8, 1867. Insurance and real estate business; mayor of Paducah, Ky., 1916, 1928-32; defeated, 1916. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Died, following a stroke, in Paducah, McCracken County, Ky., March 7, 1941 (age 73 years, 272 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Paducah, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of Dr. George W. Lackey and Mary Josephine Lackey; married, September 10, 1889, to Catherine Caroline Kreutzer; father of Pierce Eubanks Lackey, Hecht S. Lackey and Frederick Ernest Lackey; grandfather of Sherrill Lackey Jeffers and Henry G. Lackey.
  Political family: Lackey family of Kentucky.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Pierce Eubanks Lackey (1898-1967) — also known as Pierce E. Lackey — of Paducah, McCracken County, Ky. Born in Paducah, McCracken County, Ky., December 21, 1898. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; insurance and real estate business; mayor of Paducah, Ky., 1940-44; defeated, 1963; president, Paducah Broadcasting Co., operator of radio station WPAD; founder of six other radio stations in Kentucky, Illinois and Indiana. Died, in Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, Mo., February 16, 1967 (age 68 years, 57 days). Interment at Maplelawn Park Cemetery, Paducah, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of Ernest Lackey; brother of Hecht S. Lackey and Frederick Ernest Lackey; uncle of Sherrill Lackey Jeffers and Henry G. Lackey.
  Political family: Lackey family of Kentucky.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  James E. Murphy (d. 1985) — also known as Murph Murphy — of Newport, Campbell County, Ky. Democrat. Real estate agent; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1964; Campbell County Sheriff; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1970. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, Elks; Optimist Club. Died, of cancer, in St. Luke Hospital, Fort Thomas, Campbell County, Ky., September 29, 1985. Interment at St. Stephen's Cemetery, Fort Thomas, Ky.
  Jack A. Nuckols (b. 1912) — of Beckley, Raleigh County, W.Va.; Walnut Cove, Stokes County, N.C. Born in Pineville, Bell County, Ky., July 3, 1912. Democrat. Insurance and real estate business; member of West Virginia state senate 9th District, 1952-61; appointed 1952; resigned 1961; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1956. Christian. Member, Elks; Moose; Farm Bureau; Lions; Jaycees; Odd Fellows; Fraternal Order of Police. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of J. Leon Nuckols and Chesney (Asher) Nuckols; married, July 9, 1938, to Mary Emyl Stanley.
  Frank D. Riggs (b. 1950) — of California. Born in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., September 5, 1950. Republican. Police officer; real estate developer; U.S. Representative from California 1st District, 1991-93, 1995-99; defeated, 1992. Member, Habitat for Humanity. Still living as of 2014.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier
  Albert Robinson (b. 1938) — of Pittsburg, Laurel County, Ky. Born December 19, 1938. Republican. Real estate broker; auctioneer; member of Kentucky state house of representatives 85th District, 1972-84, 1986-88; member of Kentucky state senate 21st District, 1994-. Pentecostal. Still living as of 2004.
  Larry Saunders (b. 1939) — of Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky. Born August 1, 1939. Democrat. Lawyer; realtor; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1968-88; member of Kentucky state senate 37th District, 1993-; chair of Jefferson County Democratic Party, 2000. Catholic. Still living as of 2004.
  Wayne C. Seaton — of Paducah, McCracken County, Ky. Real estate business; mayor of Paducah, Ky., 1944-48. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Edward Leland Taylor (1885-1948) — also known as E. Leland Taylor — of Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky. Born in Knoxville, Knox County, Tenn., April 10, 1885. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; real estate business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1940; mayor of Louisville, Ky., 1945-48. Member, Kappa Alpha Order. Died February 16, 1948 (age 62 years, 312 days). Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of Eugene Augustin Taylor and Margaret (Jordan) Taylor; married, September 19, 1914, to Edith Somers.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Fred Turner (1907-1968) — of Ypsilanti Township, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Jackson, Breathitt County, Ky., December 24, 1907. Democrat. Builder; real estate broker; candidate for supervisor of Ypsilanti Township, Michigan, 1961. Died from renal failure, in St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., January 6, 1968 (age 60 years, 13 days). Interment at Highland Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of A. C. Turner and Mary Frances (Riley) Turner; married to Mabel Engle.
  Adolph Weil — of Paducah, McCracken County, Ky. Republican. Distiller; real estate business; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1920. Burial location unknown.
  Robert C. Yount (1909-1989) — of Frankfort, Franklin County, Ky. Born in Benson Valley, Franklin County, Ky., April 21, 1909. Democrat. College band director, newspaper circulation manager; garage owner; real estate business; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; mayor of Frankfort, Ky., 1953-57. Presbyterian. Member, American Legion; Kiwanis. Died in Frankfort, Franklin County, Ky., July 19, 1989 (age 80 years, 89 days). Interment at Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of Roy Otho Yount and Henrietta (Nicol) Yount; married, September 29, 1935, to Margaret Rosson.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
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