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Paul Herron
William Paul Herron Jr. (April 7, 1924 – June 16, 2004) was an American politician from Kentucky who was a member of the 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. T ... from 1995 to 2004. Herron was first elected in 1994 after incumbent senator Henry G. Lackey retired to run for congress. Herron died in office in June 2004 at age 80. References 1924 births 2004 deaths Democratic Party Kentucky state senators 21st-century members of the Kentucky General Assembly 20th-century members of the Kentucky General Assembly {{Kentucky-politician-stub ...
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Kentucky's 4th Senate District
Kentucky's 4th Senatorial district is one of 38 districts in the Kentucky Senate. Located in western Kentucky, it comprises the counties of Henderson County, Kentucky, Henderson, Hopkins County, Kentucky, Hopkins, Union County, Kentucky, Union, and Webster County, Kentucky, Webster. It has been represented by Robby Mills (Republican Party (United States), R–Henderson, Kentucky, Henderson) since 2019. As of 2023, the district had a population of 115,888. From 1942 to 1945, the district was represented by Earle Clements, who would later be elected Governor of Kentucky, governor and U.S. senator from Kentucky. From 1894 to 1897, the district was represented by William J. Deboe, who was elected U.S. senator from Kentucky in 1897. Voter registration On January 1, 2025, the district had 88,529 registered voters, who were registered with the following parties. Election results from statewide races 2002 – 2012 2014 – 2020 2022 – present List of members repres ...
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Henry G
Henry may refer to: People and fictional characters * Henry (given name), including lists of people and fictional characters * Henry (surname) * Henry, a stage name of François-Louis Henry (1786–1855), French baritone Arts and entertainment * ''Henry'' (2011 film), a Canadian short film * ''Henry'' (2015 film), a virtual reality film * '' Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer'', a 1986 American crime film * ''Henry'' (comics), an American comic strip created in 1932 by Carl Anderson * "Henry", a song by New Riders of the Purple Sage Places Antarctica * Henry Bay, Wilkes Land Australia * Henry River (New South Wales) * Henry River (Western Australia) Canada * Henry Lake (Vancouver Island), British Columbia * Henry Lake (Halifax County), Nova Scotia * Henry Lake (District of Chester), Nova Scotia New Zealand * Lake Henry (New Zealand) * Henry River (New Zealand) United States * Henry, Illinois * Henry, Indiana * Henry, Nebraska * Henry, South Dakota * Henry Count ...
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Dorsey Ridley
J. Dorsey Ridley (born November 26, 1953) is an American people, American politician. He was a member of the Kentucky Senate from the 4th District, serving from 2004 to 2019. He is a member of the Democratic Party. First elected in a July 2004 special election following the death of senator Paul Herron, he was defeated for reelection in 2018 by Republican Robby Mills. Ridley served in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1987 to 1995. He was first elected in 1986, defeating incumbent Roy Joe Head in the Democratic primary election. He did not seek reelection in 1994. In 2022 Ridley ran for County Judge/Executive of Henderson County, Kentucky, Henderson County but lost to incumbent Republican Brad Schneider. References

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Dekoven, Kentucky
Dekoven is an unincorporated community and coal town in Union County, Kentucky, United States. In 1843 a native of Flanders, Belgium started a coal mining operation. He named the community DeKoven, Flemish for "a camp or village among the hills". A post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ... was established in 1871 and discontinued after 1938. References Unincorporated communities in Union County, Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Kentucky Coal towns in Kentucky {{UnionCountyKY-geo-stub ...
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Evansville, Indiana
Evansville is a city in Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States, and its county seat. With a population of 118,414 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is Indiana's List of cities in Indiana, third-most populous city after Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, Indiana, Fort Wayne, the most populous city in Southern Indiana, and the List of United States cities by population, 249th-most populous city in the United States. It is the central city of the Evansville metropolitan area, a hub of commercial, medical, and cultural activity of southwestern Indiana and the Illinois–Indiana–Kentucky tri-state area, which is home to over 911,000 people. The 38th parallel north crosses the north side of the city and is marked on Interstate 69 in Indiana, Interstate 69 immediately north of its junction with Indiana State Road 62, Indiana 62 within the city's east side. Situated on an Meander, oxbow in the Ohio River, the city is often referred to as the "Crescent Valley" or "River ...
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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) ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ' ...
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1924 Births
Events January * January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after. * January 20–January 30, 30 – Kuomintang in China holds its 1st National Congress of the Kuomintang, first National Congress, initiating a policy of alliance with the Soviet Union and the Chinese Communist Party. * January 21 – Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, The Earl of Athlone is appointed Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, and High Commissioner for Southern Africa.Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Governors-General: 1910-1961
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2004 Deaths
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Democratic Party Kentucky State Senators
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