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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.
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.
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.
Feb 26, 2024 · The 60th anniversary of the Freedom March on Frankfort — a protest that brought together Gov. Edward T. “Ned” Breathitt, of Hopkinsville, and civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. — will be observed with a reenactment on Tuesday, March 5, in the state capital.
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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.
Edward T. Breathitt is the former Governor of Kentucky; he served from 1963 until 1967. As a young attorney, he became interested in politics and served as president of the Young Democratic Clubs of Kentucky in 1952.
