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Lawrence Wetherby (Lawrence Winchester Wetherby) was born on 2 January, 1908 in Middletown, Kentucky, U.S., is an American politician; Lieutenant Governor and Governor of Kentucky. Discover Lawrence Wetherby's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 86 years old?

Popular As Lawrence Winchester Wetherby
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Age 86 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 2 January 1908
Birthday 2 January
Birthplace Middletown, Kentucky, U.S.
Date of death 1994
Died Place Frankfort, Kentucky, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1908

Lawrence Winchester Wetherby (January 2, 1908 – March 27, 1994) was an American politician who served as Lieutenant Governor and Governor of Kentucky.

He was the first of only two governors in state history born in Jefferson County, despite the fact that Louisville (the county seat) is the state's most populous city.

The second governor born in Jefferson County is the incumbent governor, Andy Beshear.

Lawrence Wetherby was born January 2, 1908, in Middletown, Kentucky.

He was the fourth child of Samuel Davis and Fanny (Yenowine) Wetherby.

His grandfather was a surgeon in the Union Army during the Civil War.

His father was also a physician and farmer, and during his childhood years, Wetherby worked on the family farm.

After graduating from Anchorage High School, Wetherby enrolled in the pre-law program at the University of Louisville.

1927

He was a letterman on the football team in 1927 and 1928; he also played second base on the baseball team in 1928 and 1929, and was a letterman in that sport in 1929.

He was later inducted into the university's Athletic Hall of Fame.

1929

In 1929, he earned his Bachelor of Laws degree and went to work for Judge Henry Tilford.

1930

On April 24, 1930, he married Helen Dwyer; the couple had three children.

Thanks to his father's influence, Wetherby became interested in local politics at an early age.

School board races fascinated him, and he allied himself with a faction of the Jefferson County Democratic Party headed by Leland Taylor and Ben Ewing.

1933

When Ewing was elected county judge in 1933, he appointed Wetherby as a part-time attorney for the Jefferson County juvenile court.

1937

He held this position through 1937, then returned to it in 1942 and 1943.

1943

In March 1943, he was appointed the first trial commissioner of the juvenile court.

Wetherby was elected chairman of the 34th Legislative District Democratic Committee in 1943 and held the position through 1956.

1947

After graduating from the University of Louisville, Wetherby held several minor offices in the Jefferson County judicial system before being elected lieutenant governor in 1947.

He was called Kentucky's first "working" lieutenant governor because Governor Earle C. Clements asked him to carry out duties beyond his constitutional responsibility to preside over the state Senate, such as preparing the state budget and attending the Southern Governors Conference.

In March 1947, he resigned as trial commissioner of the juvenile court in order to run for lieutenant governor.

The strongest of his four opponents in the Democratic primary was Bill May, the nephew of U.S. Representative Andrew J. May.

May had sought the support of gubernatorial candidate Earle C. Clements, but Clements refused, possibly because Congressman May was an ally of Clements' political opponent John Y. Brown.

Wetherby was also unable to secure Clements' public endorsement, but he won the primary and went on to defeat Republican Orville M. Howard by over 95,000 votes.

Despite Clements' refusal to endorse Wetherby in the primary, the two generally agreed on their legislative agendas and worked well together.

Some observers called Wetherby Kentucky's first "working" lieutenant governor.

Previous lieutenant governors did little beyond their constitutionally mandated duty of presiding over the Kentucky Senate, but during Clements' administration, Wetherby was charged with preparing a state budget, presiding over the Legislative Research Commission, leading tours for the state Chamber of Commerce, and attending the Southern Governors Conference.

Clements also made Wetherby executive secretary of the State Democratic Central Committee, which allowed Wetherby to make many important political contacts.

1950

In 1950, Clements resigned to assume a seat in the U.S. Senate, elevating Wetherby to governor.

Wetherby won immediate acclaim by calling a special legislative session to increase funding for education and government benefits from the state's budget surplus.

The two would remain partners until 1950.

On November 27, 1950, Clements resigned to accept a seat in the U.S. Senate, elevating Wetherby to governor.

1951

In 1951, he won a four-year full term as governor, during which he continued and expanded many of Clements' programs, including increased road construction and industrial diversification.

1954

He endorsed the Supreme Court's 1954 desegregation order in the case of Brown v. Board of Education and appointed a biracial commission to oversee the successful integration of the state's schools.

As chairman of the Southern Governors Conference in 1954 and 1955, he encouraged other southern governors to accept and implement desegregation.

Limited to one term by the state constitution, Wetherby supported Bert Combs to be his successor, but Combs lost in the Democratic primary to A. B. "Happy" Chandler, a former governor and factional opponent of both Wetherby and Clements.

1956

Chandler's failure to support Wetherby's 1956 bid to succeed Democrat Alben Barkley in the Senate contributed to his loss to Republican John Sherman Cooper.

1964

From 1964 to 1966, Wetherby served on a commission charged with revising the state constitution, and in 1965 he was elected to the Kentucky Senate, where he provided leadership in drafting the state budget.

Following this, he retired from politics and served as a consultant for Brighton Engineering.

1994

Wetherby died on March 27, 1994, of complications from a broken hip and was buried in Frankfort Cemetery in Frankfort, Kentucky.