John A. (Eck) Rose | |
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| President of the Kentucky Senate | |
| In office January 5, 1993 – January 7, 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Paul E. Patton(as lt. governor) |
| Succeeded by | Larry Saunders |
| President pro tempore of the Kentucky Senate | |
| In office January 6, 1987 – January 5, 1993 | |
| Preceded by | Joe Prather |
| Succeeded by | Charles W. Berger |
| Member of theKentucky Senate from the28th district | |
| In office January 1, 1978 – January 1, 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Walter Strong |
| Succeeded by | Dale Shrout |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1940-06-01)June 1, 1940 (age 85) Clark County, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
John Alex "Eck" Rose (born June 1, 1940) is a former Kentucky politician, who served in theKentucky State Senate fromWinchester representing the 28th Senate District. Rose was the lastPresident Pro Tempore of the Kentucky Senate when the office was the Senate's highest after theLieutenant Governor of Kentucky, before a 1992 constitutional amendment removed the Lieutenant Governor as the Senate's presiding officer and created the office ofPresident of the Kentucky Senate. In 1993 Rose became the first to hold that office, and he remained in that position until 1997.[1]
Rose ran forGovernor of Kentucky in1995, finishing third in the five-way Democratic primary won byPaul E. Patton, who also won the general election that November. Rose's ticket won 71,740 votes to Patton's 152,203 and Secretary of State Bob Babbage's 81,352.[2]
Rose has four daughters.
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