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  Spence, Brent
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NameBrent Spence
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Fort Thomas, Kentucky , United States
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Born December 24, 1874
DiedSeptember 18, 1967 (92 years)
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Dec 12, 2014 08:40pm
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Infoborn in Newport, Campbell County, Ky., December 24, 1874; attended public and private schools; was graduated from the law department of the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1895; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Newport, Ky.; member of the State senate 1904-1908; city solicitor of Newport, Ky., 1916-1924; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-second and to the fifteen succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1931-January 3, 1963); chairman, Committee on Banking and Currency (Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth, Eighty-first, Eighty-second, and Eighty-fourth through Eighty-seventh Congresses); was not a candidate for renomination in 1962 to the Eighty-eighth Congress; resided in Fort Thomas, Ky., until his death there on September 18, 1967; interment in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate, Ky.


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  11/08/1960 KY District 5 Won 55.42% (+10.84%)
  05/24/1960 KY District 5 - D Primary Won 78.26% (+68.85%)
  11/04/1958 KY - District 05 Won 71.92% (+43.85%)
  05/27/1958 KY District 5 - D Primary Won 67.50% (+34.99%)
  11/06/1956 KY - District 05 Won 55.92% (+11.84%)
  05/29/1956 KY District 5 - D Primary Won 65.54% (+31.08%)
  11/02/1954 KY - District 05 Won 61.01% (+22.01%)
  08/07/1954 KY District 5 - D Primary Won 84.72% (+74.71%)
  11/04/1952 KY - District 05 Won 55.43% (+10.86%)
  08/02/1952 KY District 5 - D Primary Won 56.26% (+12.53%)
  11/07/1950 KY District 5 Won 63.30% (+26.59%)
  08/05/1950 KY District 5 - D Primary Won 79.77% (+63.12%)
  11/02/1948 KY - District 05 Won 66.22% (+32.44%)
  08/07/1948 KY District 5 - D Primary Won 87.98% (+75.96%)
  11/05/1946 KY - District 05 Won 51.16% (+2.33%)
  08/03/1946 KY District 5 - D Primary Won 73.21% (+46.42%)
  11/07/1944 KY - District 05 Won 58.01% (+16.19%)
  08/05/1944 KY District 5 - D Primary Won 71.31% (+42.62%)
  11/03/1942 KY - District 05 Won 53.47% (+18.60%)
  08/01/1942 KY District 5 - D Primary Won 81.45% (+62.90%)
  11/05/1940 KY - District 05 Won 61.17% (+22.34%)
  08/03/1940 KY District 5 - D Primary Won 72.27% (+44.55%)
  11/08/1938 KY - District 05 Won 68.43% (+36.86%)
  08/06/1938 KY District 5 - D Primary Won 85.14% (+70.28%)
  11/03/1936 KY - District 05 Won 66.71% (+37.86%)
  08/01/1936 KY District 5 - D Primary Won 70.52% (+49.71%)
  11/06/1934 KY District 5 Won 65.15% (+34.60%)
  08/04/1934 KY District 5 - D Primary Won 53.73% (+7.46%)
  11/08/1932 KY At-Large Won 6.59% (-0.00%)
  08/06/1932 KY At-Large - D Primary Won 7.19% (-2.34%)
  11/04/1930 KY District 6 Won 56.94% (+22.81%)
  11/06/1928 KY District 6 Lost 46.79% (-6.30%)
  08/04/1928 KY District 6 - D Primary Won 62.24% (+29.10%)
  08/07/1926 KY District 6 - D Primary Lost 40.67% (-9.01%)
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