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Walter Dee Huddleston (Walter Darlington Huddleston) was born on 15 April, 1926 in Burkesville, Kentucky, U.S., is an American politician from Kentucky. Discover Walter Dee Huddleston'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 92 years old?

Popular As Walter Darlington Huddleston
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Age 92 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 15 April 1926
Birthday 15 April
Birthplace Burkesville, Kentucky, U.S.
Date of death 16 October, 2018
Died Place Warsaw, Kentucky, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1926

Walter Darlington "Dee" Huddleston (April 15, 1926 – October 16, 2018) was an American politician.

1944

After he graduated from high school, he enlisted in the United States Army and served as a tank gunner in Europe during and after World War II from 1944 to 1946.

1947

In 1947, Huddleston married Martha Jean Pearce, who died in 2003.

After graduating from college, Huddleston worked as the sports and program director for WKCT in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

1949

He then attended the University of Kentucky with support from the G.I. Bill, and he graduated in 1949.

1952

In 1952, he became the general manager of WIEL in Elizabethtown, Kentucky.

He later became president of the Kentucky Broadcasters Association.

1964

Huddleston entered politics in 1964 when he was elected to the Kentucky State Senate.

1965

He was elected as a state senator in 1965, serving until 1972; for a time, he was the body's majority leader.

1972

In 1972, Huddleston ran for the United States Senate seat which was being vacated by retiring Republican John Sherman Cooper.

He narrowly defeated Republican Louie B. Nunn, a recent former governor, receiving a 51% to 48% margin.

Huddleston ran the camapaign by repeatedly faulting Nunn for raising the sales tax when was governor.

1973

He was a Democrat from Kentucky who represented the state in the United States Senate from 1973 until 1985.

1977

He supported the 1977 treaty which ceded the canal to Panama and wished to limit covert intelligence operations.

1978

Huddleston was reelected in 1978 with 61 percent of the vote over the former Republican state Representative Louie R. Guenthner Jr., of Louisville.

During his Senate Career, Huddleston supported the Equal Rights Amendment to prohibit sex discrimination, but was critical of abortion rights.

He endorsed voluntary school prayers and Kentucky products like tobacco, bourbon and coal.

He supported price control through shifting some of the price to the farmers.

He also voiced opposition to excessive drinking labels.

1980

In the late 1980s, Huddleston served on the National Board of Advisors of the Federation for American Immigration Reform, an anti-immigration group advocating for a lower rate of legal immigration.

1984

He was defeated for re-election in 1984 by Mitch McConnell by 5,269 votes.

Huddleston had a career in commercial broadcasting prior to entering politics.

Huddleston was born in Burkesville, Kentucky.

His father William F. Huddleston was a Methodist preacher.

He was one of the nine children of William and his wife Lottie.

In 1984, Huddleston's Republican opponent was Jefferson County (Louisville) Judge-Executive Mitch McConnell.

McConnell gained political traction with a series of television campaign ads mocking Huddleston's attendance record in the Senate.

McConnell accused him of putting "his private speaking engagements ahead of his Senate responsibilities."

Despite these ads, the race was very close, with McConnell only defeating Huddleston when the last returns came in (49.9% to 49.5%).

Huddleston was known as a member of the moderate wing of the Democratic Party, as was typical of party members from Kentucky.

After his retirement, Huddleston returned to Elizabethtown, Kentucky and began working as a lobbyist for railroad, tobacco and agricultural clients.

He also lobbied in behalf of Louisville-based health insurance company Humana and Capitol Holding, a parent of Commonwealth Life Insurance.

2012

In 2012, Huddleston announced he was stepping down as chairman of First Financial Service Corporation.

2018

Huddleston died in his sleep on October 16, 2018, at the home of his son Stephen Huddleston in Warsaw, Kentucky, age 92.

Sen. Mitch McConnell issued a statement on Huddleston's death soon after, in which he honored Huddleston's "tenacity," and stated that both he and his wife, Elaine Chao, were "saddened" when they heard of his passing.