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Joseph U. Meyer
Joseph U. Meyer (born September 10, 1948) is an American politician from Kentucky who served as the mayor of Covington from 2017 to 2025. Meyer previously served in the Kentucky Senate and Kentucky House of Representatives The Kentucky House of Representatives is the lower house of the Kentucky General Assembly. It is composed of 100 Representatives elected from single-member districts throughout the Commonwealth. Not more than two counties can be joined to form a .... Meyer was first elected to the house in 1981 after incumbent representative John Isler retired. He was elected to the senate in 1988, defeating incumbent senator Gus Sheehan for renomination. Meyer was defeated for reelection in 1996 by Republican Jack Westwood. Meyer was elected mayor in 2016, defeating incumbent mayor Sherry Carran for a second term. He was reelected in 2020 and did not seek reelection in 2024. References Living people 1948 births Democratic Party members of the Kentucky House of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Covington, Kentucky
Covington is a list of cities in Kentucky, home rule-class city in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States. It is located at the confluence of the Ohio River, Ohio and Licking River (Kentucky), Licking rivers, across from Cincinnati to the north and Newport, Kentucky, Newport to the east. It is the largest city in Northern Kentucky and the List of cities in Kentucky, fifth-most populous city in the state with a population of 40,691 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Covington is part of the Cincinnati metropolitan area and is one of Kenton County's two county seat, seats, along with Independence, Kentucky, Independence. History In 1814, John Gano, Richard Gano, and Thomas Carneal purchased The Point, of land on the west side of the Licking River at its confluence with the Ohio, from Thomas Kennedy for $50,000, and laid out the settlement of Covington the next year. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kentucky's 23rd Senate District
Kentucky's 23rd Senatorial district is one of 38 districts in the Kentucky Senate. It comprises part of Kenton County, Kentucky, Kenton County. It has been represented by Christian McDaniel (Republican Party (United States), R–Ryland Heights, Kentucky, Ryland Heights) since 2013. As of 2023, the district had a population of 123,471. Voter registration On January 1, 2025, the district had 107,727 registered voters, who were registered with the following parties. Election results from statewide races 2022 – present List of members representing the district Elections 2024 2020 2016 2004 1996 Notes References {{Kentucky legislative districts Kentucky State Senate districts Kentucky General Assembly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gus Sheehan
August Frederick Sheehan (April 30, 1917 – October 29, 2000) was an American politician from Covington, Kentucky, who was a member of both houses of the Kentucky General Assembly. Sheehan first served four terms in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1950 to 1954 and again from 1964 to 1968. In 1958, he was appointed the Commonwealth's Attorney for Kenton County, losing reelection election later that year. In 1971, Sheehan was elected to the Kentucky Senate after redistricting moved the 23rd district from eastern to northern Kentucky. He won reelection to the senate three times but was defeated for renomination in 1988 by Joseph U. Meyer Joseph U. Meyer (born September 10, 1948) is an American politician from Kentucky who served as the mayor of Covington from 2017 to 2025. Meyer previously served in the Kentucky Senate and Kentucky House of Representatives The Kentucky House .... Sheehan died on October 29, 2000. References 1917 births 2000 deaths 20th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Westwood
John D. Westwood (born March 6, 1944) is an American former politician, who was a Republican member of the Kentucky Senate. Westwood represented District 23 from January 1997 to January 2013. Prior to politics, he was an English and journalism teacher from 1966 to 1993. He served on the Erlanger-Elsmere School Board from 1995 to 1996. He resides in Erlanger, Kentucky Erlanger is a List of cities in Kentucky, home rule-class city in Kenton County, Kentucky, Kenton County, Kentucky, United States. It had a 2020 United States census, 2020 census population of 19,611. Erlanger is part of the Cincinnati metropoli .... References 1944 births 20th-century members of the Kentucky General Assembly Living people Republican Party Kentucky state senators Articles with short description 21st-century members of the Kentucky General Assembly {{Kentucky-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Sheehan
Martin J. Sheehan (born 1957) is an American politician and jurist from Kentucky who was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives The Kentucky House of Representatives is the lower house of the Kentucky General Assembly. It is composed of 100 Representatives elected from single-member districts throughout the Commonwealth. Not more than two counties can be joined to form a ... from 1989 to 1994, a judge of the 16th Kentucky District Court from 1994 to 2007, and a judge of the 16th Kentucky Circuit Court from 2007 to 2015. Sheehan was first elected to the house in 1988 after incumbent representative Joseph U. Meyer ran successfully for the Kentucky Senate. In 1993 Sheehan was elected to the 16th district court. He was elected to the 16th circuit court in 2007 to fill an unexpired term and did not seek reelection in 2014. References Living people 21st-century American judges 20th-century American judges 1957 births Democratic Party members of the Kentucky Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is a Centre-left politics, center-left political parties in the United States, political party in the United States. One of the Major party, major parties of the U.S., it was founded in 1828, making it the world's oldest active political party. Its main rival since the 1850s has been the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, and the two have since dominated American politics. The Democratic Party was founded in 1828 from remnants of the Democratic-Republican Party. Senator Martin Van Buren played the central role in building the coalition of state organizations which formed the new party as a vehicle to help elect Andrew Jackson as president that year. It initially supported Jacksonian democracy, agrarianism, and Manifest destiny, geographical expansionism, while opposing Bank War, a national bank and high Tariff, tariffs. Democrats won six of the eight presidential elections from 1828 to 1856, losing twice to the Whig Party (United States) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kentucky
Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the northeast, Virginia to the east, Tennessee to the south, and Missouri to the west. Its northern border is defined by the Ohio River. Its capital is Frankfort, Kentucky, Frankfort and its List of cities in Kentucky, most populous city is Louisville, Kentucky, Louisville. As of 2024, the state's population was approximately 4.6 million. Previously part of Colony of Virginia, colonial Virginia, Kentucky was admitted into the Union as the fifteenth state on June 1, 1792. It is known as the "Bluegrass State" in reference to Kentucky bluegrass, a species of grass introduced by European settlers which has long supported the state's thoroughbred horse industry. The fertile soil in the central and western parts of the state led to the development ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kentucky Senate
The Kentucky Senate is the upper house of the Kentucky General Assembly. The Kentucky Senate is composed of 38 members elected from single-member districts throughout Kentucky, the Commonwealth. There are no term limits for Kentucky senators. The Kentucky Senate meets at the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort, Kentucky, Frankfort annually beginning in January. Sessions last for 60 legislative days in even-numbered years and 30 legislative days in odd-numbered years. Republican Party (United States), Republicans have had control of the Senate since 1999. They currently hold 32 seats to Democratic Party (United States), Democrats' 6. Terms and qualifications According to Section 32 of the Constitution of Kentucky, Kentucky Constitution, a senator must: *be at least 30 years old; *be a citizen of Kentucky; *have resided in the state at least six years and the district at least one year prior to election. Per section 30 of the Kentucky Constitution, senators are elected to four y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kentucky House Of Representatives
The Kentucky House of Representatives is the lower house of the Kentucky General Assembly. It is composed of 100 Representatives elected from single-member districts throughout the Commonwealth. Not more than two counties can be joined to form a House district, except when necessary to preserve the principle of equal representation. Representatives are elected to two-year terms with no term limits in the United States, term limits. The Kentucky House of Representatives convenes at the Kentucky State Capitol, State Capitol in Frankfort, Kentucky, Frankfort. History The first meeting of the Kentucky House of Representatives was in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1792, shortly after statehood. During the first legislative session, legislators chose Frankfort to be the permanent state capital. After women gained suffrage in Kentucky, Mary Elliott Flanery was elected as the first female member of the Kentucky House of Representatives. She took her seat in January 1922, and was the first woman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lexington Herald-Leader
The ''Lexington Herald-Leader'' is a newspaper owned by the McClatchy Company and based in Lexington, Kentucky. According to the ''1999 Editor & Publisher International Yearbook'', the paid circulation of the ''Herald-Leader'' is the second largest in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The newspaper has won the 1986 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting, the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing, and the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning. It had also been a finalist in six other Pulitzer awards in the 22-year period up until its sale in 2006, a record that was unsurpassed by any mid-sized newspaper in the United States during the same time frame. History The ''Herald-Leader'' was created by a 1983 merger of the ''Lexington Herald'' and the ''Lexington Leader''. The story of the ''Herald'' begins in 1870 with a paper known as the ''Lexington Daily Press''. In 1895, a descendant of that paper was first published as the ''Morning Herald'', later to be renamed the ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
Purpose: Because living persons may suffer personal harm from inappropriate information, we should watch their articles carefully. By adding an article to this category, it marks them with a notice about sources whenever someone tries to edit them, to remind them of WP:BLP (biographies of living persons) policy that these articles must maintain a neutral point of view, maintain factual accuracy, and be properly sourced. Recent changes to these articles are listed on Special:RecentChangesLinked/Living people. Organization: This category should not be sub-categorized. Entries are generally sorted by family name In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give .... Maintenance: Individuals of advanced age (over 90), for whom there has been no new documentation in the last ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1948 Births
Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The current Constitutions of Constitution of Italy, Italy and of Constitution of New Jersey, New Jersey (both later subject to amendment) go into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British Railways. * January 4 – British rule in Burma, Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom, becoming an independent republic, named the 'Post-independence Burma (1948–1962), Union of Burma', with Sao Shwe Thaik as its first President and U Nu its first Prime Minister. * January 5 – In the United States: ** Warner Brothers shows the first color newsreel (''Tournament of Roses Parade'' and the ''Rose Bowl Game''). ** The first Kinsey Reports, Kinsey Report, ''Sexual Behavior in the Human Male'', is published. * January 7 – Mantell UFO incident: Kentucky Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell crashes while in pursuit of an unidentified fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
