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Paul Edward Patton (born May 26, 1937) is an American politician who served as the 59th governor of Kentucky from 1995 to 2003. Because of a 1992 amendment to the Kentucky Constitution, he was the first governor eligible to run for a second term in office, since James Garrard, in 1800.
Dec 12, 1995 · He was elected governor in 1995 and reelected in 1999, the first governor in Kentucky elected to a second consecutive term in 200 years. Jobs, economic development, and education are his major concerns.
Oct 20, 2023 · Patton, now 86, writes about his life in “The Coal Miner Who Became Governor,” published by the University Press of Kentucky. It is his life story compiled from a series of about 150 interviews he gave over four years to Jeffrey S. Suchanek, an oral historian at the University of Kentucky.
Paul Edward Patton (born May 26, 1937) is an American politician who served as the 59th governor of Kentucky from 1995 to 2003. Because of a 1992 amendment to the Kentucky Constitution, he was the first governor eligible to run for a second term in office, since James Garrard, in 1800.
Jan 19, 2017 · Patton, Paul E. Interview by Jeffrey Suchanek. 19 Jan. 2017. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries. copy MLA citation
A native of Fallsburg near Louisa in Lawrence County, Kentucky, Paul E. Patton graduated from the University of Kentucky with a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering in 1959.
Paul Edward Patton (born May 26, 1937) is an American politician. He was the 59th Governor of Kentucky, serving from 1995 to 2003. He was the first governor eligible to succeed himself in office since James Garrard in 1800.
Governor Paul E. Patton The fifty-fifth governor of the commonwealth was born on May 26, 1937, in the small Lawrence County community of Fallsburg. The son of Ward and Irene Borders Patton, he graduated in 1955 from Louisa High School. Four years later he was awarded a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Kentucky in Lexington.
Nov 14, 2023 · Born in a tenant house in Fallsburg, Kentucky, Paul Patton had a humble upbringing that held few clues about his future as one of the most prominent politicians in the history of the state. From the coal mines to the governor’s office, Patton’s life exemplifies hard work, determination, and perseverance, as well as the consequences of ...
Nov 17, 2003 · Gov Paul E Patton reaches settlement with Kentucky's state ethics commission, avoiding hearing on administrative charges that he used his authority to help Tina Conner, woman with whom he as...
