Edwin Porch Morrow was an American politician, who served as the 40th Governor of Kentucky from 1919 to 1923. He was the only Republican elected to this office between 1907 and 1927. He championed the typical Republican causes of his day, namely equal rights for African-Americans and the use of force to quell violence. Morrow had been schooled in his party's principles by his father, Thomas Z. Morrow, who was its candidate for governor in 1883, and his uncle, William O. Bradley, who was elected governor in 1895. Both men were founding members of the Republican Party in Kentucky.
Edwin P. Morrow
Morrow's house in Somerset
Morrow signs the bill ratifying the 19th Amendment, Kentucky Equal Rights Association members look on in celebration, January 6, 1920.
A mob gathered outside the courthouse during the trial of Will Lockett in 1920.
William O'Connell Bradley
William O'Connell Bradley was an American politician from the state of Kentucky. He served as the 32nd Governor of Kentucky and was later elected by the state legislature as a U.S. senator from that state. The first Republican to serve as governor of Kentucky, Bradley became known as the father of the Republican Party in Kentucky.
William O'Connell Bradley
Simon Bolivar Buckner, Bradley's opponent in 1887
Parker Watkins Hardin, Bradley's opponent in 1895
The election of a successor to Senator J. C. S. Blackburn dominated the first legislative session of Bradley's term.