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1900 Kentucky gubernatorial special election
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The 1900 Kentucky gubernatorial special election was held on November 6, 1900. Incumbent Democratic governor J. C. W. Beckham was elected to complete William Goebel's term with 49.88% of the vote.
Image: BECKHAM, J.C.W. SENATOR LCCN2016858952 (cropped)
Image: BECKHAM, J.C.W. SENATOR LCCN2016858952 (cropped)
Image: Yerkes 1900KY
Image: Yerkes 1900KY
J. C. W. Beckham
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John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham was an American attorney and politician who served as the 35th governor of Kentucky and a United States senator from Kentucky. He was the state's first popularly-elected senator after the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment.
Beckham, c. 1915
Beckham, c. 1915
Funds were allocated for the construction of Kentucky's current capitol during Beckham's second term.
Funds were allocated for the construction of Kentucky's current capitol during Beckham's second term.
Wickland, Beckham's birthplace, is on the National Register of Historic Places
Wickland, Beckham's birthplace, is on the National Register of Historic Places