Bert Combs
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Bertram Thomas Combs was an American jurist and politician from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. After serving on the Kentucky Court of Appeals, he was elected the 50th Governor of Kentucky in 1959 on his second run for the office. Following his gubernatorial term, he was appointed to serve as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit by President Lyndon B. Johnson, serving from 1967 to 1970.
Combs in 1960
Happy Chandler, Combs' opponent in the 1955 gubernatorial race
The Albert B. Chandler Hospital was completed with funds from Combs' first biennial budget.
Wendell Ford defeated Combs in the 1971 Democratic gubernatorial primary.
The 1971 Kentucky gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1971. Incumbent Republican Louie Nunn, was ineligible for a second term due to term limits, a rule that was later repealed in 1992.
