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Larry J. Hopkins Oral History Project

Project Summary

In this collection, Larry J. Hopkins discusses his life and career. Larry J. Hopkins was born in 1933. He served in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1972-1976, the Kentucky Senate from 1976-1978 and finally the United States Senate from 1979-1993.

He discusses his early life traveling between Western Kentucky and Detroit, Michigan. He discusses controversies in his political career such as Kentucky House Bill 236, the so-called "turkey" law and how he and his family dealt with the fallout.

Project Code

ljh

Project Keyword

congressional hearings   family   politics

Project LC Subject

Hopkins, Larry Jones, 1933- --Interviews   Kentucky--Politics and government.   Kentucky. General Assembly. Senate   United States. Congress. Senate.   Washington (D.C.)


Interviews in this Project (33 Total):

Interview Accession Number: 2003oh053_ljh001
Interviewer: Terry L. Birdwhistell
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Interview Accession Number: 2003oh054_ljh002
Interviewer: Terry L. Birdwhistell
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Interview Accession Number: 2004oh169_ljh003
Interviewer: Terry L. Birdwhistell
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Interview Accession Number: 2004oh170_ljh004
Interviewer: Terry L. Birdwhistell
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Interview Accession Number: 2005oh011_ljh005
Interviewer: Jeffrey Suchanek
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Interview Accession Number: 2005oh110_ljh015
Interviewer: Jeffrey Suchanek
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Interview Accession Number: 2005oh114_ljh016
Interviewer: Jeffrey Suchanek
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Interview Accession Number: 2005oh022_ljh006
Interviewer: Jeffrey Suchanek
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Interview Accession Number: 2005oh023_ljh007
Interviewer: Jeffrey Suchanek
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Interview Accession Number: 2005oh056_ljh008
Interviewer: Jeffrey Suchanek
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Interview Accession Number: 2005oh064_ljh009
Interviewer: Jeffrey Suchanek
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Interview Accession Number: 2005oh065_ljh010
Interviewer: Jeffrey Suchanek
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Interview Accession Number: 2005oh097_ljh011
Interviewer: Jeffrey Suchanek
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Interview Accession Number: 2005oh103_ljh012
Interviewer: Jeffrey Suchanek
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Interview Accession Number: 2005oh104_ljh013
Interviewer: Jeffrey Suchanek
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Interview Accession Number: 2005oh105_ljh014
Interviewer: Jeffrey Suchanek
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Interview Accession Number: 2006oh053_ljh017
Interviewer: Jeffrey Suchanek
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Interview Accession Number: 2006oh057_ljh018
Interviewer: Jeffrey Suchanek
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Interview Accession Number: 2007oh028_ljh019
Interviewer: Jeffrey Suchanek
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Interview Accession Number: 2007oh029_ljh020
Interviewer: Jeffrey Suchanek
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Interview Accession Number: 2007oh030_ljh021
Interviewer: Jeffrey Suchanek
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Interview Accession Number: 2007oh046_ljh022
Interviewer: Jeffrey Suchanek
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Interview Accession Number: 2007oh047_ljh023
Interviewer: Jeffrey Suchanek
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Interview Accession Number: 2007oh056_ljh024
Interviewer: Jeffrey Suchanek
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Interview Accession Number: 2007oh057_ljh025
Interviewer: Jeffrey Suchanek
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Interview Accession Number: 2007oh065_ljh026
Interviewer: Jeffrey Suchanek
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Interview Accession Number: 2008oh266_kp020
Interviewer: Jeffrey Suchanek
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Interview Accession Number: 2008oh267_kp021
Interviewer: Jeffrey Suchanek
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Interview Accession Number: 2008oh271_kp023
Interviewer: Jeffrey Suchanek
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Interview Accession Number: 2010oh075_ljh030
Interviewer: Jeffrey Suchanek
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Interview Accession Number: 2010oh066_ljh027
Interviewer: Jeffrey Suchanek
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Interview Accession Number: 2010oh067_ljh028
Interviewer: Jeffrey Suchanek
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Interview Accession Number: 2010oh068_ljh029
Interviewer: Jeffrey Suchanek
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