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  Siler, Eugene
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AffiliationRepublican  
 
NameEugene Siler
Address
Williamsburg, Kentucky , United States
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Born June 26, 1900
DiedDecember 05, 1987 (87 years)
Contributoreddy 9_99
Last ModifedRBH
Mar 30, 2015 09:41pm
Tags Caucasian - Married - Army - Navy - Baptist - Straight -
Infoborn in Williamsburg, Whitley County, Ky., June 26, 1900; attended the public schools; graduated from Cumberland College, Williamsburg, Ky., in 1920 and from the University of Kentucky at Lexington in 1922; law student at Columbia University in 1922 and University of Kentucky until 1924; was admitted to the bar in 1923 and commenced the practice of law in Williamsburg, Ky.; during the First World War served as an enlisted man in the United States Navy, and in the Second World War served as a captain in the United States Army 1942-1945; elected judge of the Court of Appeals of Kentucky in 1945 and served until January 1, 1949; unsuccessful Republican candidate for Governor of Kentucky in 1951; trustee of Cumberland College; director of the Bank of Williamsburg and Kingsport Grocery Co.; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-fourth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1955-January 3, 1965); was not a candidate in 1964 for renomination to the Eighty-ninth Congress; was a resident of Williamsburg, Ky., until his death in Louisville, Ky., on December 5, 1987; interment in Highland Cemetery, Williamsburg.



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Son Eugene Edward Siler, Jr. 1936-

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RACES
  05/28/1968 KY US Senate - R Primary Lost 33.67% (-28.32%)
  11/06/1962 KY District 5 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  05/29/1962 KY District 5 - R Primary Won 75.80% (+51.60%)
  11/08/1960 KY District 8 Won 71.80% (+43.61%)
  05/24/1960 KY District 8 - R Primary Won 57.24% (+26.45%)
  11/04/1958 KY - District 08 Won 68.04% (+36.08%)
  05/27/1958 KY District 8 - R Primary Won 71.03% (+43.10%)
  11/06/1956 KY - District 08 Won 71.68% (+43.36%)
  05/29/1956 KY District 8 - R Primary Won 92.17% (+84.34%)
  11/02/1954 KY - District 08 Won 63.40% (+27.15%)
  08/07/1954 KY District 8 - R Primary Won 33.00% (+7.77%)
  11/06/1951 KY Governor Lost 45.40% (-9.20%)
  08/04/1951 KY Governor - R Primary Won 58.43% (+16.86%)
  08/01/1942 KY District 9 - R Primary Lost 31.91% (-36.18%)
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