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  Brown, John Y.
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NameJohn Y. Brown
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Lexington, Kentucky , United States
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Born February 01, 1900
Died June 16, 1985 (85 years)
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InfoJohn Young Brown, Sr.

Representative from Kentucky; born on a farm near Geigers Lake, Union County, Ky., February 1, 1900; attended the county schools and the high school at Sturgis, Ky.; Centre College, Danville, Ky., A.B., 1921, and from the law department of the University of Kentucky at Lexington, LL.B., 1926; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Lexington, Ky.; also engaged in agricultural pursuits; city representative of Lexington, Ky., in 1930; county representative of Fayette County, Ky., in 1932 and again in 1946; member of the State house of representatives 1930 to 1932, serving as speaker in 1932; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third Congress (March 4, 1933-January 3, 1935); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1934; resumed the practice of law; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for the United States Senate in 1946; member, State legislature in 1953 and 1954; defeated for the Democratic nomination in 1960 for United States Senator; member, Kentucky house of representatives, 1962-1963, and 1966-1967, during which time he served as majority floor leader; returned to law practice in Lexington and Louisville; died in Louisville, Ky., June 16, 1985; interment at Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.


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  05/27/1980 KY District 6 - D Primary Lost 24.69% (-32.47%)
  05/28/1968 KY US Senate - D Primary Lost 25.37% (-17.14%)
  11/08/1966 KY US Senate Lost 35.48% (-29.03%)
  05/24/1966 KY US Senate - D Primary Won 75.58% (+61.97%)
  05/24/1960 KY US Senate - D Primary Lost 39.05% (-18.92%)
  08/07/1948 KY US Senate - D Primary Lost 44.16% (-5.90%)
  11/05/1946 KY US Senate - Special Election Lost 46.47% (-6.80%)
  08/03/1946 KY US Senate - Special D Primary Won 43.64% (+10.16%)
  08/01/1942 KY US Senate - D Primary Lost 28.19% (-43.62%)
  08/05/1939 KY Governor - D Primary Lost 45.88% (-6.59%)
  08/01/1936 KY US Senate - D Primary Lost 18.77% (-21.17%)
  08/04/1934 KY District 6 - D Primary Lost 43.27% (-13.46%)
  11/08/1932 KY At-Large Won 6.59% (+0.00%)
  08/06/1932 KY At-Large - D Primary Won 6.12% (-3.40%)
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KY US President - D Primary - May 20, 2008 D Hillary Clinton
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