U. S. lawyer and a dark horse who became the Republican Party nominee for the president in 1940. Wrote 'One World', a travelogue of his travels and meetings of the then-Allies heads of state. Indiana University graduate
Texas Ranger, drove Mayor's car in JFK's Dallas motorcade. Helped remove the President's body from the limo on arrival at Parkland Hospital. Later served 16 years as a county sheriff
Served as Mayor of Louisville, Kentucky from 1941 to 1945 and as the 43rd Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky from 1959 to 1963. He was a member of the Democratic Party