Rodes Kirby Myers (June 29, 1900 – March 11, 1960)WKU Library
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Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky The lieutenant governor of Kentucky was created under the state's second constitution, which was ratified in 1799. The inaugural officeholder was Alexander Scott Bullitt, who took office in 1800 following his election to serve under James Garra ...

1939 to 1943. Myers' hometown was

Bowling Green, Kentucky Bowling Green is a home rule-class city and the county seat of Warren County, Kentucky, United States. Founded by pioneers in 1798, Bowling Green was the provisional capital of Confederate Kentucky during the American Civil War. As of the ...

. Myers was a Kentucky delegate to the

Democratic National Convention The Democratic National Convention (DNC) is a series of presidential nominating conventions held every four years since 1832 by the United States Democratic Party. They have been administered by the Democratic National Committee since the 1852 ...

in 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948 and 1956. In 1939 Myers ran for

and won, serving 1939–43. Myers ran for Governor of Kentucky in 1943 but lost in the Democratic primary to

J. Lyter Donaldson Joseph Lyter Donaldson (April 10, 1891 – March 27, 1960) was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Kentucky in 1943. Donaldson, of Carrollton, Kentucky served as state highway commissioner. In the 1943 Democratic primary for governor Dona ...

, who in turn lost to Republican

Simeon S. Willis Simeon Slavens Willis (December 1, 1879April 1, 1965) was an American attorney who served as the 46th Governor of Kentucky, United States, serving from 1943 to 1947. He was the only Republican elected governor of Kentucky between 1927 and 1967.P ...

. Myers died in 1960 and is buried at Fairview Cemetery in

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Meyers, Rodes K. 1900 births 1960 deaths Lieutenant Governors of Kentucky Politicians from Bowling Green, Kentucky 20th-century American politicians Kentucky Democrats