Kentucky Commissioners of Agriculture, Labor & Statistics,1891-2022(May be incomplete!) CharlesY. Wilson 1891NicholasMcDowell 1892-95LucasMoore 1896-99IonB. Nall 1900-03HubertVreeland 1904-07M.C. Rankin 1908-11J.W. Newman 1912-15MatS. Cohen 1916-19WilliamC. Hanna 1920-23ClellColeman 1924-27NewtonBright 1928-31EugeneFlowers 1932-35GarthFerguson 1936-39WilliamH. May 1940-43ElliottRobertson 1944-47HarryF. Walters 1948-51BenS. Adams 1951-55BenJ. Butler 1956-59EmersonBeauchamp 1960-63WendellP. Butler 1964-67J.Robert Miller 1968-71WendellP. Butler 1972-75ThomasO. Harris 1976-79AlbenW. Barkley II 1980-83DavidE. Boswell 1984-87WardBurnette 1988-91CharlesL. Hamilton 1991EdLogsdon 1992-95BillyRay Smith 1996-2003RichieFarmer 2004-11JamesComer 2012-15RyanF. Quarles 2016- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1955 Nov 8:BenJ. Butler (Dem), elected;LambertR. Scott (Rep), defeated;JohnSalmon (Prohibition), defeated. 1975 May 27:ThomasO. Harris (Dem), nominated;BeverlyG. Yeiser, Sr. (Dem), defeated in primary;KennethBoone (Dem), defeated in primary;JohnAlton Stephenson (Dem), defeated in primary;RayStewart (Dem), defeated in primary;WoodrowW. Hollan (Dem), defeated in primary. 1975 Nov 4:ThomasO. Harris (Dem), elected;J.Robert Miller (Rep), defeated. 1979 May 29:AlbenW. Barkley II (Dem), nominated;FredWaters (Dem), defeated in primary;EdwardG. Brown (Dem), defeated in primary;MancilJ. Vinson (Dem), defeated in primary;WoodrowWilson (Dem), defeated in primary;DonE. Kenady (Dem), defeated in primary;MelvinD. Martin (Dem), defeated in primary;KenHall (Dem), defeated in primary. 1979 May 29:RoyC. Gray, Jr. (Rep), nominated;TommyKlein (Rep), defeated in primary;ClydeSimeck Acres (Rep), defeated in primary. 1979 Nov 6:AlbenW. Barkley II (Dem), elected;RoyC. Gray, Jr. (Rep), defeated. 1983 May 23:DavidE. Boswell (Dem), nominated;WardBurnette (Dem), defeated in primary;ThomasO. Harris (Dem), defeated in primary;GatewoodGalbraith (Dem), defeated in primary. 1983 May 24:RichardA. Turner (Rep), nominated;KennethO. Carpenter (Rep), defeated in primary. 1983 Nov 8:DavidE. Boswell (Dem), elected;RichardA. Turner (Rep), defeated. 1987 May 26:WardBurnette (Dem), nominated;RalphM. Lowe (Dem), defeated in primary;B.A. 'Bill' Abner (Dem), defeated in primary;FranklinD. Roosevelt Keesee (Dem), defeated in primary. 1987 Nov 3:WardBurnette (Dem), elected;JohnUnderwood, Jr. (Rep), defeated. 1991 Feb 9:CharlesL. Hamilton, appointed. 1991 May 28:EdLogsdon (Dem), nominated;MichaelJ. Greene (Dem), defeated in primary;GlenHolbrook (Dem), defeated in primary;JulianT. Harris (Dem), defeated in primary;WillardMorris (Dem), defeated in primary;DonaldW. Gooch (Dem), defeated in primary;HarryW. Hieneman (Dem), defeated in primary. 1991 May 28:LeonardW. Beasley (Rep), nominated;J.Kenneth Evans (Rep), defeated in primary;JohnUnderwood, Jr. (Rep), defeated in primary;BarryDrew Barmore (Rep), defeated in primary;RandallGibson Curry (Rep), defeated in primary;ArtEddleman (Rep), defeated in primary. 1991 Nov 5:EdLogsdon (Dem), elected;LeonardW. Beasley (Rep), defeated. 1995 May 23:GlenHolbrook (Dem), defeated in primary. 2003 May 20:GlenHolbrook (Dem), defeated in primary. 2003 May 20:LeonardW. Beasley (Rep), defeated in primary. | |