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vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Ben Johnson</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Ben_Johnson_-_NPC2_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A white-haired man, sitting, wearing dark jacket, patterned tie, and white shirt" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Ben_Johnson_-_NPC2_cropped.jpg/220px-Ben_Johnson_-_NPC2_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="228" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Ben_Johnson_-_NPC2_cropped.jpg/330px-Ben_Johnson_-_NPC2_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Ben_Johnson_-_NPC2_cropped.jpg/440px-Ben_Johnson_-_NPC2_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="507" data-file-height="526" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a></span><br />from <a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Kentucky%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="Kentucky's 4th congressional district">4th</a> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1927</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/David_Highbaugh_Smith" title="David Highbaugh Smith">David Highbaugh Smith</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Henry_D._Moorman" title="Henry D. Moorman">Henry D. Moorman</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1858-05-20</span>)</span>May 20, 1858<br /><a href="/wiki/Nelson_County,_Kentucky" title="Nelson County, Kentucky">Nelson County, Kentucky</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">June 4, 1950<span style="display:none">(1950-06-04)</span> (aged 92)<br /><a href="/wiki/Bardstown,_Kentucky" title="Bardstown, Kentucky">Bardstown, Kentucky</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label">St. Joseph's Cemetery</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Residence</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ben_Johnson_House_(Bardstown,_Kentucky)" title="Ben Johnson House (Bardstown, Kentucky)">Ben Johnson House</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/St._Mary%27s_College_(Kentucky)" title="St. Mary's College (Kentucky)">St. Mary's College</a><br /><a href="/wiki/University_of_Louisville_School_of_Law" title="University of Louisville School of Law">University of Louisville School of Law</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lawyer" title="Lawyer">Lawyer</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ben Johnson</b> (May 20, 1858 – June 4, 1950) was an American <a href="/wiki/Lawyer" title="Lawyer">lawyer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Politician" title="Politician">politician</a>; <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrat</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a> from March 4, 1907, to March 3, 1927. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Johnson_(politician)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born near <a href="/wiki/Bardstown,_Kentucky" title="Bardstown, Kentucky">Bardstown</a> in <a href="/wiki/Nelson_County,_Kentucky" title="Nelson County, Kentucky">Nelson County, Kentucky</a>. His father was William Johnson, who was state senator and a <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Kentucky" title="Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky">Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky</a>. His mother, Nancy, was a member of the committee that selected the design of the <a href="/wiki/Flags_of_the_Confederate_States_of_America" title="Flags of the Confederate States of America">Confederate flag</a>; they chose a design submitted by <a href="/wiki/Nicola_Marschall" title="Nicola Marschall">Nicola Marschall</a>. After prep school he went to <a href="/wiki/St._Mary%27s_College_(Kentucky)" title="St. Mary's College (Kentucky)">St. Mary's College</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Marion_County,_Kentucky" title="Marion County, Kentucky">Marion County, Kentucky</a>, and graduated in June 1878. He then transferred to the Louisville Law University and graduated in 1882. That same year he was admitted to the bar and he began practicing law in Bardstown. </p><p>He was elected to the Kentucky State House of Representatives in 1885 and again in 1887. Johnson served as Kentucky <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_house" class="mw-redirect" title="Speaker of the house">speaker of the house</a> in 1887. On July 10, 1893, he was appointed as a collector of internal revenue for the fifth district of Kentucky by <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Grover_Cleveland" title="Grover Cleveland">Grover Cleveland</a>, he served this post until August 10, 1897. </p><p>Johnson was elected in 1905 as a member of the Kentucky State senate and served until he resigned, November 5, 1906, upon his election the U.S. House of Representatives. He served as a Representative from Kentucky, as a Democrat, to 10 straight congresses, Sixtieth through Sixty-ninth. Johnson served as chairman for the Committee on District of Columbia (62d - 65th Congresses), and served as a delegate at large to the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_National_Convention" title="Democratic National Convention">Democratic National Conventions</a> in 1912 and 1920. Johnson was the sole Southern Democrat to vote in favor of the <a href="/wiki/Dyer_Anti-Lynching_Bill" title="Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill">Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill</a>. </p><p>In 1926 he decided to return to Bardstown and practice law again, he refused to be a candidate for the nomination that year. The following March he returned home after 20-years in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, Johnson died at the age of 92, in 1950, in Bardstown and is interred in St. Joseph's Cemetery. </p><p>His House, the <a href="/wiki/Ben_Johnson_House_(Bardstown,_Kentucky)" title="Ben Johnson House (Bardstown, Kentucky)">Ben Johnson House</a>, is on the <a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places" title="National Register of Historic Places">National Register of Historic Places</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Johnson_(politician)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_C._Klotter" title="James C. Klotter">Klotter, James C.</a>, and John W. Muir. <i>"Boss Ben Johnson, the Highway Commission, and Kentucky Politics, 1927–1937."</i> Register of the Kentucky Historical Society 84 (Winter 1986): 18–50.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Johnson_(politician)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFUnited_States_CongressJ000118" class="citation web cs1">United States Congress. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000118">"Ben Johnson (id: J000118)"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="Biographical Directory of the United States Congress">Biographical Directory of the United States Congress</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Biographical+Directory+of+the+United+States+Congress&rft.atitle=Ben+Johnson+%28id%3A+J000118%29&rft.au=United+States+Congress&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fbioguide.congress.gov%2Fscripts%2Fbiodisplay.pl%3Findex%3DJ000118&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABen+Johnson+%28politician%29" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/David_Highbaugh_Smith" title="David Highbaugh Smith">David H. Smith</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Member of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Kentucky" title="List of United States representatives from Kentucky">U.S. House of Representatives</a> <br />from <span data-sort-value="Kentucky04 !"><a href="/wiki/Kentucky%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="Kentucky's 4th congressional district">Kentucky's 4th congressional district</a></span> </b><br />March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1927 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Henry_D._Moorman" title="Henry D. Moorman">Henry D. 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McCreary">J. McCreary</a> (D) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thomas_H._Paynter" title="Thomas H. Paynter">T. Paynter</a> (D)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Kentucky" title="List of United States representatives from Kentucky">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ollie_Murray_James" title="Ollie Murray James">O. James</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/J._Swagar_Sherley" title="J. Swagar Sherley">J. S. Sherley</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Augustus_Owsley_Stanley" title="Augustus Owsley Stanley">A. Stanley</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joseph_B._Bennett" title="Joseph B. Bennett">J. Bennett</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Don_C._Edwards" title="Don C. Edwards">D. Edwards</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joseph_L._Rhinock" title="Joseph L. Rhinock">J. Rhinock</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harvey_Helm" title="Harvey Helm">H. Helm</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Addison_James" title="Addison James">A. James</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">B. Johnson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_P._Kimball" title="William P. Kimball">W. Kimball</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_W._Langley" title="John W. Langley">J. Langley</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/61st_United_States_Congress" title="61st United States Congress">61st</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Kentucky" title="List of United States senators from Kentucky">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thomas_H._Paynter" title="Thomas H. Paynter">T. Paynter</a> (D) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_O%27Connell_Bradley" title="William O'Connell Bradley">W. Bradley</a> (R)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Kentucky" title="List of United States representatives from Kentucky">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ollie_Murray_James" title="Ollie Murray James">O. James</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/J._Swagar_Sherley" title="J. Swagar Sherley">J. S. Sherley</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Augustus_Owsley_Stanley" title="Augustus Owsley Stanley">A. Stanley</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joseph_B._Bennett" title="Joseph B. Bennett">J. Bennett</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Don_C._Edwards" title="Don C. Edwards">D. Edwards</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joseph_L._Rhinock" title="Joseph L. Rhinock">J. Rhinock</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harvey_Helm" title="Harvey Helm">H. Helm</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">B. Johnson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_W._Langley" title="John W. Langley">J. Langley</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/J._Campbell_Cantrill" title="J. Campbell Cantrill">J. C. Cantrill</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_Y._Thomas_Jr." title="Robert Y. Thomas Jr.">R. Thomas Jr.</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/62nd_United_States_Congress" title="62nd United States Congress">62nd</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Kentucky" title="List of United States senators from Kentucky">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thomas_H._Paynter" title="Thomas H. Paynter">T. Paynter</a> (D) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_O%27Connell_Bradley" title="William O'Connell Bradley">W. Bradley</a> (R)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Kentucky" title="List of United States representatives from Kentucky">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ollie_Murray_James" title="Ollie Murray James">O. James</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/J._Swagar_Sherley" title="J. Swagar Sherley">J. S. Sherley</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Augustus_Owsley_Stanley" title="Augustus Owsley Stanley">A. Stanley</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harvey_Helm" title="Harvey Helm">H. Helm</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">B. Johnson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_W._Langley" title="John W. Langley">J. Langley</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/J._Campbell_Cantrill" title="J. Campbell Cantrill">J. C. Cantrill</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_Y._Thomas_Jr." title="Robert Y. Thomas Jr.">R. Thomas Jr.</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_J._Fields" title="William J. Fields">W. Fields</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Caleb_Powers" title="Caleb Powers">C. Powers</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Arthur_B._Rouse" title="Arthur B. Rouse">A. Rouse</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/63rd_United_States_Congress" title="63rd United States Congress">63rd</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Kentucky" title="List of United States senators from Kentucky">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_O%27Connell_Bradley" title="William O'Connell Bradley"><i>W. Bradley</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ollie_Murray_James" title="Ollie Murray James">O. James</a> (D)<br /></li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Johnson_N._Camden_Jr." title="Johnson N. Camden Jr."><i>J. N. Camden Jr.</i></a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Kentucky" title="List of United States representatives from Kentucky">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/J._Swagar_Sherley" title="J. Swagar Sherley">J. S. Sherley</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Augustus_Owsley_Stanley" title="Augustus Owsley Stanley">A. Stanley</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harvey_Helm" title="Harvey Helm">H. Helm</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">B. Johnson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_W._Langley" title="John W. Langley">J. Langley</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/J._Campbell_Cantrill" title="J. Campbell Cantrill">J. C. Cantrill</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_Y._Thomas_Jr." title="Robert Y. Thomas Jr.">R. Thomas Jr.</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_J._Fields" title="William J. Fields">W. Fields</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Caleb_Powers" title="Caleb Powers">C. Powers</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Arthur_B._Rouse" title="Arthur B. Rouse">A. Rouse</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Alben_W._Barkley" title="Alben W. Barkley">A. Barkley</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/64th_United_States_Congress" title="64th United States Congress">64th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Kentucky" title="List of United States senators from Kentucky">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ollie_Murray_James" title="Ollie Murray James">O. James</a> (D) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/J._C._W._Beckham" title="J. C. W. Beckham">J. Beckham</a> (D)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Kentucky" title="List of United States representatives from Kentucky">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/J._Swagar_Sherley" title="J. Swagar Sherley">J. S. Sherley</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harvey_Helm" title="Harvey Helm">H. Helm</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">B. Johnson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_W._Langley" title="John W. Langley">J. Langley</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/J._Campbell_Cantrill" title="J. Campbell Cantrill">J. C. Cantrill</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_Y._Thomas_Jr." title="Robert Y. Thomas Jr.">R. Thomas Jr.</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_J._Fields" title="William J. Fields">W. Fields</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Caleb_Powers" title="Caleb Powers">C. Powers</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Arthur_B._Rouse" title="Arthur B. Rouse">A. Rouse</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Alben_W._Barkley" title="Alben W. Barkley">A. Barkley</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/David_Hayes_Kincheloe" title="David Hayes Kincheloe">D. Kincheloe</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/65th_United_States_Congress" title="65th United States Congress">65th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Kentucky" title="List of United States senators from Kentucky">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ollie_Murray_James" title="Ollie Murray James"><i>O. James</i></a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/J._C._W._Beckham" title="J. C. W. Beckham">J. Beckham</a> (D)<br /></li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_B._Martin" title="George B. Martin"><i>G. Martin</i></a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Kentucky" title="List of United States representatives from Kentucky">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/J._Swagar_Sherley" title="J. Swagar Sherley">J. S. Sherley</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harvey_Helm" title="Harvey Helm">H. Helm</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">B. Johnson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_W._Langley" title="John W. Langley">J. Langley</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/J._Campbell_Cantrill" title="J. Campbell Cantrill">J. C. Cantrill</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_Y._Thomas_Jr." title="Robert Y. Thomas Jr.">R. Thomas Jr.</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_J._Fields" title="William J. Fields">W. Fields</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Caleb_Powers" title="Caleb Powers">C. Powers</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Arthur_B._Rouse" title="Arthur B. Rouse">A. Rouse</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Alben_W._Barkley" title="Alben W. Barkley">A. Barkley</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/David_Hayes_Kincheloe" title="David Hayes Kincheloe">D. Kincheloe</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/66th_United_States_Congress" title="66th United States Congress">66th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Kentucky" title="List of United States senators from Kentucky">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/J._C._W._Beckham" title="J. C. W. Beckham">J. Beckham</a> (D) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Augustus_Owsley_Stanley" title="Augustus Owsley Stanley">A. Stanley</a> (D)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Kentucky" title="List of United States representatives from Kentucky">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harvey_Helm" title="Harvey Helm"><i>H. Helm</i></a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">B. Johnson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_W._Langley" title="John W. Langley">J. Langley</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/J._Campbell_Cantrill" title="J. Campbell Cantrill">J. C. Cantrill</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_Y._Thomas_Jr." title="Robert Y. Thomas Jr.">R. Thomas Jr.</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_J._Fields" title="William J. Fields">W. Fields</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Arthur_B._Rouse" title="Arthur B. Rouse">A. Rouse</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Alben_W._Barkley" title="Alben W. Barkley">A. Barkley</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/David_Hayes_Kincheloe" title="David Hayes Kincheloe">D. Kincheloe</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_F._Ogden" title="Charles F. Ogden">C. Ogden</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_M._Robsion" title="John M. Robsion">J. Robsion</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/King_Swope" title="King Swope"><i>K. Swope</i></a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/67th_United_States_Congress" title="67th United States Congress">67th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Kentucky" title="List of United States senators from Kentucky">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Augustus_Owsley_Stanley" title="Augustus Owsley Stanley">A. Stanley</a> (D) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Richard_P._Ernst" title="Richard P. Ernst">R. Ernst</a> (R)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Kentucky" title="List of United States representatives from Kentucky">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">B. Johnson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_W._Langley" title="John W. Langley">J. Langley</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/J._Campbell_Cantrill" title="J. Campbell Cantrill">J. C. Cantrill</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_Y._Thomas_Jr." title="Robert Y. Thomas Jr.">R. Thomas Jr.</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_J._Fields" title="William J. Fields">W. Fields</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Arthur_B._Rouse" title="Arthur B. Rouse">A. Rouse</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Alben_W._Barkley" title="Alben W. Barkley">A. Barkley</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/David_Hayes_Kincheloe" title="David Hayes Kincheloe">D. Kincheloe</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_F._Ogden" title="Charles F. Ogden">C. Ogden</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_M._Robsion" title="John M. Robsion">J. Robsion</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Waldo_Emerson_Gilbert" title="Ralph Waldo Emerson Gilbert">R. Gilbert</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/68th_United_States_Congress" title="68th United States Congress">68th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Kentucky" title="List of United States senators from Kentucky">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Augustus_Owsley_Stanley" title="Augustus Owsley Stanley">A. Stanley</a> (D) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Richard_P._Ernst" title="Richard P. Ernst">R. 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Fields</i></a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Arthur_B._Rouse" title="Arthur B. Rouse">A. Rouse</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Alben_W._Barkley" title="Alben W. Barkley">A. Barkley</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/David_Hayes_Kincheloe" title="David Hayes Kincheloe">D. Kincheloe</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_M._Robsion" title="John M. Robsion">J. Robsion</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Waldo_Emerson_Gilbert" title="Ralph Waldo Emerson Gilbert">R. Gilbert</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Thatcher" title="Maurice Thatcher">M. Thatcher</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joseph_W._Morris_(politician)" title="Joseph W. Morris (politician)"><i>J. 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