Senator Wendell Ford

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Senator_Wendell_Ford
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:human
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Kentucky
gptkbp:birthDate 1924-09-08
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Daviess_County,_Kentucky,_USA
gptkbp:children gptkb:Steve_Ford
gptkbp:deathDate 2015-01-22
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Owensboro,_Kentucky,_USA
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Wendell_Hampton_Ford
gptkbp:governorTermStart 1967
1971
gptkbp:lieutenantGovernorTermEnd 1971
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:United_States_Army
1944–1946
gptkbp:notableFor first person in Kentucky history to be elected lieutenant governor, governor, and U.S. senator
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:politician
gptkbp:party gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:United_States_Senator
gptkb:Governor_of_Kentucky
gptkb:Lieutenant_Governor_of_Kentucky
gptkbp:precededByAsGovernor gptkb:Louie_Nunn
gptkbp:precededByAsSenator gptkb:Marlow_Cook
gptkbp:senatorFrom gptkb:Kentucky
gptkbp:signature Wendell Ford signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Jean_Neel_Ford
gptkbp:succeededByAsGovernor gptkb:Julian_Carroll
gptkbp:succeededByAsSenator gptkb:Jim_Bunning
gptkbp:termEnd 1974
1999
gptkbp:termStart 1974
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Jonathan_Karp
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Senator Wendell Ford