Bremer Ehrler (July 10, 1914 – February 9, 2013) was an American politician who served as Jefferson County Judge/Executive and secretary of state of Kentucky.

Early life and education

Ehrler was born in

Louisville, Kentucky Louisville ( , , ) is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 28th most-populous city in the United States. Louisville is the historical seat and, since 2003, the nominal seat of Jefferson County, on the Indiana borde ...

. As a child, he worked on his family's dairy farm. He graduated from DuPont Manual High School in 1931.

Career

Ehrler joined the

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in 1942 and served until 1968, retiring as a lieutenant colonel. Ehrler worked for the United States Postal Service for 37 years. Ehrler served as postmaster of

in the 1960s, and was elected to a term as

Kentucky secretary of state The secretary of state of Kentucky is one of the constitutional officers of the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is now an elected office, but was an appointed office prior to 1891. The current secretary of state is Republican Michael Adams, who was e ...

(1988–1992). He later served as appointed Jefferson County sheriff in 1993. Ehrler was appointed Jefferson County Judge/Executive by Governor Martha Layne Collins on December 21, 1984, to fill the vacancy left by Mitch McConnell after McConnell's election to the

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. Ehrler served in that post until January 6, 1986. He did not seek election to a second term, opting instead to run for secretary of state in 1987, the year after he left office.

References

1914 births 2013 deaths Politicians from Louisville, Kentucky DuPont Manual High School alumni Secretaries of State of Kentucky Kentucky sheriffs Kentucky Democrats Kentucky postmasters County judges in Kentucky {{Louisville-stub