Ruby Laffoon
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Ruby Laffoon was an American attorney and politician who served as the 43rd governor of Kentucky from 1931 to 1935. A Kentucky native, at age 17, Laffoon moved to Washington, D.C., to live with his un
Born in this log cabin, now in downtown Madisonville
Happy Chandler, Laffoon's lieutenant governor, opposed his call for a state sales tax.
Flem D. Sampson
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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
Ruby Laffoon
…Republican governor Edwin P. Morrow, Laffoon promised that, if elected, he would remove all of the Republican officials appointed by sitting governor Flem D. Sampson from state government. He cited the failed administration of Governor Sampson and the problem-filled presidency of Herbert Hoover as reasons to elect…
Official portrait, unknown date
Ben Johnson was head of the state Highway Department when Sampson took office