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Edward Thompson Breathitt Jr. (November 26, 1924 – October 14, 2003) was an American politician from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. A member of one of the state's political families, he was the 51st Governor of Kentucky, serving from 1963 to 1967.
16 de oct. de 2003 · Former Kentucky Gov. Edward T. “Ned” Breathitt, a liberal Democrat who oversaw the enactment of the South’s first state civil rights law in the 1960s, has died, a spokesman said. He was 78.
23 de feb. de 2024 · The 60th anniversary of the Freedom March on Frankfort — a protest that brought together Gov. Edward T. “Ned” Breathitt, of Hopkinsville, and civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. —...
3 de mar. de 1994 · Edward T. ("Ned") Breathitt Jr. was born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky in 1924. In 1951 he won the first of three consecutive terms in the Kentucky House of Representatives. During Governor Bert Combs' administration (1959-1963) he was Commissioner of Personnel.
21 de mar. de 2024 · Breathitt, a Hopkinsville attorney, had turned 39 in between his election and the day he took office on Dec. 10, 1963. The country was still mourning the death of President John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated on Nov. 22 in Dallas.
6 de feb. de 1997 · Edward T. ("Ned") Breathitt Jr. was born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky in 1924. In 1951 he won the first of three consecutive terms in the Kentucky House of Representatives and he served as Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1963 to 1967.
26 de feb. de 2024 · The 60th anniversary of the Freedom March on Frankfort — a protest that brought together Gov. Edward T. “Ned” Breathitt, of Hopkinsville, and civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. — will be observed with a reenactment on Tuesday, March 5, in the state capital.
