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Ned Breathitt - Wikipedia. Edward Thompson Breathitt Jr. (November 26, 1924 – October 14, 2003) was an American politician from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. A member of one of the state's political families, he was the 51st Governor of Kentucky, serving from 1963 to 1967.
Edward T. Ned Breathitt. Governor Edward T. (Ned) Breathitt was born and raised in Hopkinsville, did his undergraduate work at UK’s College of Commerce, and graduated from the UK College of Law (now the UK J. David Rosenberg College of Law) in 1950.
Oct 16, 2003 · Former Kentucky Gov. Edward T. “Ned” Breathitt, a liberal Democrat who oversaw the enactment of the South’s first state civil rights law in the 1960s, has died, a spokesman said. He was 78.
Mar 3, 1994 · Edward T. ("Ned") Breathitt Jr. was born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky in 1924. In 1951 he won the first of three consecutive terms in the Kentucky House of Representatives. During Governor Bert Combs' administration (1959-1963) he was Commissioner of Personnel.
Jan 8, 2024 · Ned Breathitt was a young lawyer from Hopkinsville who became Kentucky's 51st governor in 1963. He passed the Kentucky Civil Rights Act, expanded roads and parks, and worked with Martin Luther King Jr.
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Aug 6, 1997 · With all the discussion we've had in the papers recently about capital punishment, what are your views on that, and what took place during your administration on that issue? BREATHITT: My views on capital punishment have changed through the years.
Oct 16, 2003 · Edward Thompson Breathitt Jr., known as Ned, came from a distinguished family whose public service tradition dated from the antebellum era. Mr. Breathitt was born in Hopkinsville, Ky., and...
