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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Kentucky Delegation to 1924 Democratic National Convention</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Barkley</a>, Paducah - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boude-bowe.html#069.01.24">Mrs. H. K. Bourne</a>, New Castle - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cromwell.html#514.32.16">Emma G. Cromwell</a>, Frankfort - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dempster-denious.html#892.56.60">Henry H. Denhardt</a>, Bowling Green - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/diperna-dix.html#925.14.77">E. N. Dishman</a>, Frankfort - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fields.html#867.12.66">William J. Fields</a>, Olive Hill - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reynoldson-rhoads.html#474.71.53">Lillian Clark Rhea</a>, Russellville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stanley.html#127.15.62">Augustus O. Stanley</a>, Henderson <li>1st District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/guess-gunderman.html#821.68.28">Mrs. Sam Gugenheim</a>, Marion - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/post.html#997.93.63">Josephine Post</a>, Paducah - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/verna-vigorito.html#206.66.07">J. D. Via</a>, Clinton - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson2.html#984.01.73">Charles H. Wilson</a>, Smithland <li>2nd District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brayman-breckenridge.html#562.28.95">James Breathitt, Jr.</a>, Hopkinsville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clapper-clarie.html#997.00.40">Mrs. T. F. Clardy</a>, Hopkinsville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ellis.html#463.46.29">C. H. Ellis</a>, Morganfield - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gordon.html#830.42.72">Mrs. J. F. Gordon</a>, Madisonville <li>3rd District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dickinson.html#858.50.42">T. P. Dickinson</a>, Glasgow - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reynoldson-rhoads.html#285.40.95">Thomas S. Rhea</a>, Russellville <li>4th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/patton.html#605.94.10">H. L. Patton</a>, Horse Cave - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wise.html#531.98.66">J. Eugene Wise</a>, Elizabethtown <li>5th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/humphrey.html#891.58.92">L. C. Humphrey</a>, Louisville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whaley-wham.html#238.54.93">James P. Whallen</a>, Louisville <li>6th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown7.html#698.74.40">R. B. Brown</a>, Warsaw - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simmons.html#862.83.79">R. C. Simmons</a>, Covington <li>7th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clark1.html#330.38.89">Ballard Clark</a>, La Grange - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moore4.html#538.09.98">H. H. Moore</a>, Winchester <li>8th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hunter.html#973.32.00">R. M. Hunter</a>, Nicholasville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shields.html#725.06.54">B. F. Shields</a>, Taylorsville <li>9th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/declouet-degrow.html#349.16.42">James C. Dedman</a>, Cynthiana - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/preswick-pribble.html#684.57.18">Henry R. Prewitt</a>, Mt. Sterling <li>10th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hopkins.html#923.41.42">J. C. Hopkins</a>, Prestonsburg - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith9.html#478.41.07">W. J. Smith</a>, Pikeville <li>11th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/collinsworth-combest.html#730.25.76">John W. Colyer</a>, Somerset - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simspon-sizemore.html#439.33.29">C. J. Sipple</a>, London </ul> Alternates (may be incomplete!) <ul> <li>At-Large: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/duffy.html#293.01.97">John C. Duffy</a>, Hopkinsville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/flanagin-fleishman.html#507.09.66">Mary E. Flannery</a>, Catlettsburg - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holland.html#470.97.60">G. Allison Holland</a>, Lexington - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/martin1.html#692.86.38">A. D. Martin</a>, Frankfort - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mason.html#390.29.04">R. S. Mason</a>, Eddyville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor4.html#793.94.43">Mrs. H. K. Taylor</a>, Falmouth - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson8.html#636.59.49">S. W. Wilson</a>, Lexington <li>3rd District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bray.html#073.52.53">J. H. Bray</a>, Greenville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#313.88.53">Bess Howard</a>, Glasgow <li>4th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carroll.html#294.48.83">Charles Carroll</a>, Shepherdsville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcclure.html#097.11.86">E. W. McClure</a>, Leitchfield <li>5th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis5.html#587.29.72">John J. Davis</a>, Louisville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams7.html#821.64.66">R. R. Williams</a>, Louisville <li>6th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#738.80.04">Ada Conklin</a>, Covington - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/riley.html#179.27.48">Mrs. Ben Riley</a>, Burlington <li>7th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coxe-crago.html#310.54.57">H. G. Crabtree</a>, Clay City - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/halla-halsell.html#997.65.89">S. A. Hally</a>, Lexington <li>8th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/francis.html#305.88.38">Kelly Francis</a>, Stanford - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith2.html#320.51.18">C. N. Smith</a>, Danville <li>9th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stoutenburgh-strang.html#517.88.33">J. Watts Stovall</a>, Grayson - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams2.html#462.61.46">Cash Williams</a>, Jackson <li>10th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hogg.html#213.07.24">Charles Hogg</a>, Booneville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reed3.html#390.44.22">Fred Reed</a>, Salyersville <li>11th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reed4.html#310.13.77">H. F. Reed</a>, Pineville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/richardson.html#199.43.76">J. E. Richardson</a>, Corbin </ul> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872</td> <td><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/"> <img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/images/tpgsub.gif" width=450 height=71 align="right" border=0 alt="The Political Graveyard"></a></td></tr></table> <table width=100% cellpadding=2> <tr><td colspan=3> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/index.html">The Political Graveyard</a> is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries. Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 320,919 politicians, living and dead.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The coverage of this site includes (1) the President, Vice President, members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges; (4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet, diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys, collectors of customs and internal revenue, members of major federal commissions; and political appointee (pre-1969) postmasters of qualifying communities; (5) state and national political party officials, including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in national party nominating conventions; (6) Americans who served as "honorary" consuls for other nations before 1950. 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