• Flemon Davis "Flem" Sampson (January 23, 1875 – May 25, 1967) was the 42nd Governor of Kentucky, serving from 1927 to 1931. He graduated from Valparaiso...
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    resigned on January 9, 1930, to become Ambassador to Germany. Governor Flem D. Sampson appointed U.S. Representative John M. Robsion to fill Sackett's seat...
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    Supreme Court justice John M. Robsion Jr., U.S. representative 1953–1959 Flem D. Sampson, Kentucky governor (1927–1931) William A. Stanfill (1892–1971), U.S...
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    politician; born in London Jamie Mosley, racing driver Nan Phelps, artist Flem D. Sampson, 42nd governor of Kentucky Darrell Scott, musician Reed Sheppard ,...
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    appointed by sitting governor Flem D. Sampson from state government. He cited the failed administration of Governor Sampson and the problem-filled presidency...
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    Harlan." After the Battle of Evarts, May 5, 1931, Kentucky governor Flem D. Sampson called in the National Guard to restore order. Ballads sung on the...
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  • four years from 1928 to 1932, where she served for four years under Flem D. Sampson, the Republican governor. She was also employed by the Kentucky Department...
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    1930, the Kentucky House and Senate overrode the veto of Governor Flem D. Sampson, and voted to accept the land from the du Pont family. The park was...
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  • Courier-Journal. p. 1. Retrieved August 27, 2023. Sobel 1978, pp. 540–541. "Flem Davis Sampson". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 1, 2023. Michler...
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    and 2012. G. Lindsey Davis, Bishop of the United Methodist Church Flem D. Sampson, the 42nd Governor of Kentucky Dr. Phillip Allen Sharp, co-recipient...
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    Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky from 1927 to 1931, under Governor Flem D. Sampson. Sampson was a Republican; Breathitt was a Democrat. After catching pneumonia...
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  • solicitor for Ashland, Kentucky. Finally in 1927, newly elected governor Flem D. Sampson appointed Willis to the Kentucky Court of Appeals—then the court of...
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    history and beauty surrounding Pineville and appealed to Governor Flem D. Sampson of Barbourville to initiate some type of event to honor Dr. Walker...
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    Kentucky. Cook was talent winner and 4th runner-up to Miss America 1999. Flem D. Sampson, the 42nd governor of the State of Kentucky is from Laurel County....
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    Democratic coalition that passed legislation to strip Republican Governor Flem D. Sampson of many of his statutory powers. As the 1931 gubernatorial election...
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    gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1927. Republican nominee Flem D. Sampson defeated Democratic nominee former governor and former United States...
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    Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia, plus Washington, D.C. The idea of the Solid South shifted over time and did not always necessarily...
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    Democratically controlled state legislature had stripped Republican Governor Flem D. Sampson of his statutory appointment powers, giving them instead to a three-man...
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    power, and the Democrats lost the governorship in 1927 to Republican Flem D. Sampson. Following his service as governor, Fields failed in an attempt to...
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  • (d. 2021) November 3 Mable John, blues singer (d. 2022) D. James Kennedy,evangelist (d. 2007) November 4 – Dick MacPherson, American football coach (d...
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  • American journalist (d. 2019) January 9 – Judith Krantz, American novelist (d. 2019) January 10 – Philip Levine, American poet (d. 2015) January 11 Mitchell...
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  • American guru and author (d. 2001) January 8 – Virginia Norwood, American physicist (d. 2023) January 10 Arthur Kramer, American lawyer (d. 2008) Johnnie Ray...
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  • Representatives: Nicholas Longworth (R-Ohio) (until March 4), John Nance Garner (D-Texas) (starting December 7) Senate Majority Leader: James Eli Watson (R-Indiana)...
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  • musician, actor (d. 2016) March 14 Michael D. Coe, archaeologist, anthropologist, epigrapher and author (d. 2019) Bob Goalby, golfer (d. 2022) March 16...
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    chances of returning to the Senate in 1930. Beckham lost to Republican Flem D. Sampson, greatly diminishing Stanley's chances in the senatorial campaign....
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  • C. W. Beckham in the 1927 gubernatorial race, but Beckham lost to Flem D. Sampson. In 1928, he unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for a...
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    defeated the club's relatively-obscure candidate, Robert T. Crowe. Flem D. Sampson, the club's nominee in the Republican primary, won his party's nomination...
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  • succeed Simeon Willis, the last Republican governor of Kentucky since Flem D. Sampson. Dummit's opponent in 1947 was Earle Clements, a former member of the...
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    member of the Kentucky Council on Agriculture in accordance with KRS 247.417; (d) To appoint one (1) member of the Public Officials' Compensation Commission...
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  • the 1930 special election. – Flem D. Sampson (R) Frederic M. Sackett (R) North Carolina (Class 3) Cameron A. Morrison (D) December 13, 1930 December 4...
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