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
Beckham, c. 1915
Funds were allocated for the construction of Kentucky's current capitol during Beckham's second term.
Beckham as a U.S. Senator
Wickland, Beckham's birthplace, is on the National Register of Historic Places
Flemon Davis "Flem" Sampson was the 42nd governor of Kentucky, serving from 1927 to 1931. He graduated from Valparaiso University in 1894 and opened a law practice in Barbourville, Kentucky. He formed
Official portrait, unknown date
Ben Johnson was head of the state Highway Department when Sampson took office