Kentucky's Governors.
Title:
Kentucky's Governors.
Author:
Harrison, Lowell H.
ISBN:
9780813159744
Personal Author:
Edition:
2nd ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (320 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- PREFACE -- THE KENTUCKY GOVERNORSHIP: AN OVERVIEW -- ISAAC SHELBY (1792-1796,1812-1816) -- JAMES GARRARD (1796-1804) -- CHRISTOPHER GREENUP (1804-1808) -- CHARLES SCOTT (1808-1812) -- GEORGE MADISON (1816) -- GABRIEL SLAUGHTER (1816-1820) -- JOHN AD AIR (1820-1824) -- JOSEPH DESHA (1824-1828) -- THOMAS METCALFE (1828-1832) -- JOHN BREATHITT (1832-1834) -- JAMES TURNER MOREHEAD (1834-1836) -- JAMES CLARK (1836-1839) -- CHARLES ANDERSON WICKLIFFE (1839-1840) -- ROBERT PERKINS LETCHER (1840-1844) -- WILLIAM OWSLEY (1844-1848) -- JOHN JORDAN CRITTENDEN (1848-1850) -- JOHN LARUE HELM (1850-1851,1867) -- LAZARUS WHITEHEAD POWELL (1851-1855) -- CHARLES SLAUGHTER MOREHEAD (1855-1859) -- BERIAH MAGOFFIN (1859-1862) -- GEORGE W. JOHNSON (1861-1862, Confederate) -- RICHARD HAWES (1862-1865, Confederate) -- JAMES F. ROBINSON (1862-1863) -- THOMAS ELLIOTT BRAMLETTE (1863-1867) -- JOHN WHITE STEVENSON (1867-1871) -- PRESTON HOPKINS LESLIE (1871-1875) -- JAMES B. McCREARY (1875-1879,1911-1915) -- LUKE PRYOR BLACKBURN (1879-1883) -- J. PROCTOR KNOTT (1883-1887) -- SIMON BOLIVAR BUCKNER (1887-1891) -- JOHN YOUNG BROWN (1891-1895) -- WILLIAM O'CONNELL BRADLEY (1895-1899) -- WILLIAM SYLVESTER TAYLOR (1899-1900) -- WILLIAM GOEBEL (1900) -- J.C.W. BECKHAM (1900-1907) -- AUGUSTUS EVERETT WILLSON (1907-1911) -- AUGUSTUS OWSLEY STANLEY (1915-1919) -- JAMES DIXON BLACK (1919) -- EDWIN PORCH MORROW (1919-1923) -- WILLIAM JASON FIELDS (1923-1927) -- FLEM D. SAMPSON (1927-1931) -- RUBY LAFFOON (1931-1935) -- ALBERT BENJAMIN CHANDLER (1935-1939,1955-1959) -- KEEN JOHNSON (1939-1943) -- SIMEON WILLIS (1943-1947) -- EARLE CHESTER CLEMENTS (1947-1950) -- LAWRENCE W. WETHERBY (1950-1955) -- BERT T. COMBS (1959-1963) -- EDWARD THOMPSON BREATHITT JR. (1963-1967) -- LOUIE B. NUNN (1967-1971).
WENDELL HAMPTON FORD (1971-1974) -- JULIAN MORTON CARROLL (1974-1979) -- JOHN Y. BROWN JR. (1979-1983) -- MARTHA LAYNE COLLINS (1983-1987) -- WALLACE GLENN WILKINSON (1987-1991) -- BRERETON C. JONES (1991-1995) -- PAUL EDWARD PATTON (1995-2003) -- ERNEST LEE FLETCHER (2003-) -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX.
Abstract:
Compiled and edited by Lowell H. Harrison, the essays in Kentucky's Governors profile every chief executive of the Bluegrass State from eighteenth-century governor Isaac Shelby to Ernie Fletcher. First published in 1985, this edition of Kentucky's Governors is expanded and revised to include governors Wilkinson, Jones, Patton, and Fletcher, as well as new information on respected figures such as Louie B. Nunn. An introduction by Kentucky's historian laureate, Thomas D. Clark, provides key insights into successive governors' evolving constitutional powers and their changing roles in political debates and policy formation. Following Clark's overview, each chapter presents significant biographical information while detailing the campaign, election, achievements, strengths, and weaknesses of each governor. To aid in further research, each contributor lists several suggested sources, both primary and secondary, for additional investigation into the lives and careers of Kentucky's leaders. A thorough index is also included to facilitate reference within this updated and revised edition. The profiles in Kentucky's Governors give insights into each leader's engagements with economic development, education, agriculture, and taxes, issues that have helped define two hundred years of history in the Bluegrass State.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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