Wendell H. Ford

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Wendell H. Ford was a Democratic politician from Kentucky who served as both governor of the state and a long-serving U.S. senator.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American politician
Democratic Party politician
human
birthDate 1924-09-08
birthPlace Daviess County, Kentucky NERFINISHED
Owensboro, Kentucky NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath lung cancer
conflict World War II
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 2015-01-22
education University of Kentucky NERFINISHED
familyName Ford NERFINISHED
givenName Wendell NERFINISHED
honoredBy Wendell H. Ford Expressway NERFINISHED
Wendell H. Ford Government Education Center NERFINISHED
memberOf Kentucky Senate NERFINISHED
United States Senate
militaryBranch United States Army
name Wendell Hampton Ford NERFINISHED
notableFor being the first person in Kentucky history to be elected lieutenant governor, governor, and U.S. senator
numberOfChildren 2
occupation politician
partyAffiliationStateLevel Kentucky Democratic Party NERFINISHED
partyLeadershipRole Senate Democratic chief deputy whip NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Owensboro, Kentucky NERFINISHED
politicalParty Democratic Party
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
positionHeld Governor of Kentucky
Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky NERFINISHED
United States senator
precededByAsGovernorOfKentucky Louie B. Nunn NERFINISHED
precededByAsUSSenatorFromKentucky Marlow Cook NERFINISHED
religion Baptist
represented Kentucky NERFINISHED
residence Owensboro, Kentucky NERFINISHED
servedAs chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
chair of the Senate Rules Committee
servedInStateLegislature Kentucky Senate NERFINISHED
spouse Jean Neel Ford NERFINISHED
stateRepresentedInUSSenate Kentucky NERFINISHED
succeededByAsGovernorOfKentucky Julian Carroll NERFINISHED
succeededByAsUSSenatorFromKentucky Jim Bunning NERFINISHED
termEndAsGovernorOfKentucky 1974
termEndAsLieutenantGovernorOfKentucky 1971
termEndAsUSSenator 1999
termStartAsGovernorOfKentucky 1971
termStartAsLieutenantGovernorOfKentucky 1967
termStartAsUSSenator 1974

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Jim Bunning precededByAsUSSenator Wendell H. Ford