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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Robert Humphreys |
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Frankfort, Kentucky , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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August 20, 1893
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| Died | December 31, 1977
(84 years)
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| Contributor | RBH |
| Last Modifed | RBH
Aug 19, 2007 05:39pm |
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| Info | HUMPHREYS, Robert, a Senator from Kentucky; born in Fulgham, Hickman County, Ky., August 20, 1893; educated in public schools and graduated from Marvin College, Clinton, Ky., in 1914; attended the University of Wisconsin; during the First World War served overseas and was discharged as a first sergeant 1917-1919; registered pharmacist in the retail drug business in Mayfield, Ky., and later at Frankfort, Ky.; member, Kentucky house of representatives 1920; member, Kentucky senate 1932-1936; president pro tempore of State senate in 1934 and clerk of three senate sessions 1936-1942; Kentucky highway commissioner 1936-1940; served as a captain in the Medical Corps during the Second World War 1943-1945; State highway commissioner 1955-1956, when he resigned to accept appointment on June 21, 1956, as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Alben W. Barkley; served from June 21, 1956, to November 6, 1956; was not a candidate for election to the vacancy; resumed retail drug business; resided in Frankfort, Ky., where he died December 31, 1977; interment in Highland Park Cemetery, Mayfield, Ky.
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