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Affiliation | Democratic |
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Name | Wilson W. Wyatt |
Address | Louisville, Kentucky , United States |
Email | None |
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November 21, 1905
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Died | June 11, 1996
(90 years)
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Contributor | eddy 9_99 |
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Info | Wilson W. Wyatt, Sr., born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1905, attended the University of Louisville. While working for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, he attended evening classes at the Jefferson School of Law; he was admitted to the Kentucky Bar in 1927. Wyatt married Anne Kinnaird Duncan in 1930 and became a junior partner in the law firm of Peter, Heyburn, Marshall and Wyatt in 1935. He began working with the Robert Worth Bingham family and corporate empire, becoming principal counsel for the Louisville Courier-Journal and Times, WHAS radio and television, and other Bingham enterprises.
From 1941 to 1945, Wyatt was mayor of Louisville. In 1946, he served as housing expediter in the Office of War Mobilization and played an important role in the formation of Americans for Democratic Action, becoming its first chairman in 1947. Wyatt was manager of Adlai Stevenson's 1952 presidental campaign and played a prominent role in his 1956 compaign. In 1959, Wyatt successfully ran for Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky on a united ticket with Bert T. Combs; he lost to incumbent Thruston B. Morton in the 1963 election for the United States Senate. Wyatt returned to Louisville in 1963 and established the state's largest law firm. After leaving public office, Wyatt remained a civic leader in Louisville until his death on June 11, 1996.
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