Lawrence W. Wetherby Oral History Project

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Born in Middletown, Jefferson County, in 1908, Lawrence Winchester Wetherby was an attorney, commissioner of the Jefferson County Juvenile Court, and lieutenant governor (1947--1950) and governor (1950--1955) of Kentucky. Wetherby and his associates discuss his family history, Louisville politics in the 1930s and 1940s, the Legislative Research Commission, the State Democratic Central Committee, political patronage, the gubernatorial campaign of 1951, road building, tourism, governmental reorganization, economic growth, mental health care improvements, child welfare reform, conservation, education reform, state fairground improvements, the Minimum Foundation Act of 1954, school desegregation, Kentucky State College, election reform, the Registration and Purgation Election Act, the gubernatorial campaign of 1955, and Wetherby's United States senatorial campaign of 1956. People discussed include Thomas Rhea, Mickey Brennan, Neville Miller, Earle C. Clements, A. B. "Happy" Chandler, William H. May, Harry Lee Waterfield, Adron Doran, Bert T. Combs, Doc Beauchamp, Eugene Siler, Louis Cox, William Curlin, Keen Johnson, John Y. Brown Sr., John Watts, Henry Ward, and Jess Lindsey. This project is also available at the Kentucky Oral History Commission (see Collection Number 18-23).

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Administrative agencies--Reorganization Agricultural exhibitions--Law and legislation Beauchamp, Isaac Emerson, 1899-1971. Brennan, Michael J., (Michael Joseph), 1877-1938. Brown, John Young, 1900-1985 Chandler, Happy, 1898-1991 Child welfare Children--Legal status, laws, etc Clements, Earle C. (Earle Chester), 1896-1985 Combs, Bert T., 1911-1991 Conservation of natural resources Cox, Louis, 1907-1971 Curlin, William P., (William Prather), 1933- Democratic Party (Ky.) Doran, Adron Economic history Education Education and state Educational law and legislation--Kentucky Election law--Kentucky Governors Johnson, Keen, 1896-1970 Juvenile courts--Kentucky--Jefferson County Kentucky State University Kentucky. General Assembly. Legislative Research Commission Kentucky. Governor (1950-1955 : Wetherby) Law Legislators Legislators--United States Lieutenant governors Lindsay, Jesse Louisville (Ky.)--Politics and government May, William H., 1908- Mental health policy Miller, Neville, 1894-1977 Patronage, Political Political campaigns Political campaigns--United States Politicians Politicians--United States Politics, Practical Politics, Practical--United States Rhea, Thomas Stockdale, 1871-1946 Roads--Design and construction School integration Siler, Eugene (Eugene Edward), 1936- Tourism United States--Politics and government Ward, Henry, 1909-2002 Waterfield, Harry Lee, 1911-1988 Watts, John Clarence, 1902-1971 Wetherbee family Wetherby, Lawrence W. (Lawrence Winchester), 1908-

Lawrence W. Wetherby Oral History Project

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Lawrence W. Wetherby Oral History Project

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