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Ruby Laffoon

American politician (1869–1941)

PersonDied aged 72humanQ361146

Born: January 15, 1869
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Died: March 1, 1941
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Birthplace: Madisonville
Place of death: Madisonville
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: Democratic Party
, lawyer
, judge
Positions held: Governor of Kentucky(1931–1935)
Education: Washington and Lee University School of Law
, Washington and Lee University
, Columbia Law School
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Ruby Laffoon was an American attorney and politician who served as the 43rd governor of Kentucky from 1931 to 1935. A Kentucky native, at age 17, Laffoon moved to Washington, D.C., to live with his uncle, U.S. Representative Polk Laffoon. He developed an interest in politics and returned to Kentucky, where he compiled a mixed record of victories and defeats in elections at the county and state levels. In 1931, he was chosen as the Democratic gubernatorial nominee by a nominating convention, not a primary, making him the only Kentucky gubernatorial candidate to be chosen by a convention after 1903. In the general election, he defeated Republican William B. Harrison by what was then the largest margin of victory in Kentucky gubernatorial history.

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HHonorable Order of Kentucky Colonels1933 · voluntary philanthropic 501(c)(3) organization

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