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Simeon Slavens Willis (December 1, 1879 – April 1, 1965) was an American attorney who served as the 46th Governor of Kentucky, United States, serving from 1943 to 1947. He was the only Republican elected governor of Kentucky between 1927 and 1967.
Jul 22, 2024 · Simeon Willis, by virtue of holding a seat of the Court of Appeals, a state office, was a highly credible candidate to contest for the governorship, although he had been defeated for reelection to the court during the 1932 Roosevelt landslide.
Historical Marker #1815, in Ashland, Kentucky, commemorates the political service of Judge and Governor Simeon Willis, who improved the healthcare of Kentucky during the mid-1900s. Simeon Slavens Willis was born in 1879, in Ohio.
Aug 15, 2009 · Simeon Willis Obituary. News Death Notice WILLIS, Simeon Andrew age 81 of Yellow Springs went to be with the Lord on August 12, 2009. He was born September 29, 1927, the son of the late...
Judge on Kentucky’s highest court 1927-1933; Governor 1943-1947. His administration extended State Park System, increased funding for education, expanded TB hospitals, ended most toll bridge charges, founded Postwar Planning Commission and Commission on Negro Affairs.
The Public Papers of Governor Simeon Willis, 1943-1947. During the period from 1931 to 1967—thirty-six years—Kentuckians elected only one Republican as governor of the Commonwealth. Yet that man, a former justice of the state's highest court, seldom appears as other than a footnote in the standard histories.
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Simeon Slavens Willis (December 1, 1879 – April 1, 1965) was an American attorney who served as the 46th Governor of Kentucky, United States, serving from 1943 to 1947. He was the only Republican elected governor of Kentucky between 1927 and 1967.
