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Kentucky Railroad Commission | |
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![]() Seal of the Commonwealth of Kentucky | |
Details of Office | |
Type | Partisan |
Selection | Elected |
Term | 4 Years, non-consecutive |
Authority | Statute (1878) Constitution (1891) |
Inaugural Officeholders | Henry D. McHenry (Chair) Lucius Desha W.H. Pettus |
Established | 1880 |
Abolished | 2000 |
The Kentucky Railroad Commission was an elected body of the Commonwealth of Kentucky that served as the chief decision-making authority concerning the railroads from the time of its creation in 1880 until it was abolished by a ballot amendment in 2000.
History
[edit]Composition
[edit]- Clarke Railroad Bill apportioned it by district, not affiliation
Duties
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Map_of_Kentucky_Railroads_-_1910.jpg/220px-Map_of_Kentucky_Railroads_-_1910.jpg)
Abolishment
[edit]List of commissioners
[edit]Term of office | Agriculture | Manufacturing | Railroads |
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1880-1882 | John F. Johnston (Chair) | Charles E. Kincaid | Charles H. Rochester |
Term of office | District 1 (Western Kentucky) | District 2 (Central Kentucky) | District 3 (Eastern Kentucky) |
1882-1884 | Willis B. Machen | D. Howard Smith (Chair) | William M. Beckner |
1884-1888 | A. R. Boone (died January 27, 1886)
Ignatius A. Spaulding |
J. P. Thompson (Chair) | John D. Young |
1888-1892 | Ignatius A. Spaulding (Chair) | W. B. Fleming | John F. Hager (resigned August 1891)
George M. Adams |
1892-1895 | Urey Woodson | C. C. McChord (Chair - resigned)
James N. Saunders |
Charles B. Poyntz |
1895-1899 | J. F. Dempsey | J. S. Irwin | John C. Wood (Chair) |
1899-1903 | J. F. Dempsey | C. C. McChord (Chair) | John C. Wood |
1903-1907 | McDougal Ferguson | C. C. McChord (Chair - resigned)
W. P. Walton |
Adam T. Siler |
1907-1911 | McDougal Ferguson (Died June 17, 1909)
John P. Haswell Jr. (resigned December 1, 1909) Laurence B. Finn |
Lew P. Tarlton | Adam T. Siler (Chair) |
1911-1915 | Laurence B. Finn (Chair) | William F. Klair | H. G. Garrett |
1915-1919 | Laurence B. Finn (Chair) | ||
1919-1923 | |||
1923-1927 | Frank N. Burns (Chair; died May 30, 1925)
Moses R. Glenn (Chair beginning November 1, 1926) |
Oscar Vest (Chair from May 30, 1925 - November 1, 1926) | Ike Wilder |
1927-1931 | Moses R. Glenn (Chair) | Oscar Vest | Thomas H. Laughon |
1931-1935 | Moses R. Glenn (Chair) | Oscar Vest | James Hatcher |
1935-1939 | |||
1943-1947 | Jack E. Fisher | Frank L. McCarthy (Chair) | Clay M. Bishop |
1947-1951 | Jesse M. Stone | Frank L. McCarthy (Chair) | T. J. Moore |
1951-1955 | Pleaz W. Mobley | ||
1955-1959 | |||
1959-1963 | |||
1963-1967 | |||
1967-1971 | |||
1971-1975 | |||
1975-1979 | |||
1979-1983 | |||
1983-1987 | |||
1987-1991 | |||
1991-1995 | |||
1995-1999 | |||
1999-2001 |
1878
- Henry D. McHenry (Chair)
- Lucius Desha
- William H. Pettus
1880
- J. Fletcher Johnston (Chair)
- C. H. Rochester
- C. E. Kincaid
1882
- D. Howard Smith (Chair)
- Willis B. Machen
- William M. Beckner
1884
- J. P. Thompson (Chair)
- John D. Young
- A. R. Boone (Died January 27, 1886)
- I. A. Spalding (Appointed to fill unexpired term of A. R. Boone)
1888
- Ignatius A. Spalding (Chair)
- W. B. Fleming
- John F. Hager (resigned August 1891)
- George M. Adams (Appointed to fill unexpired term of John F. Hager)
1892
- C. C. McChord (Chair - resigned)
- James N. Saunders (Appointed to fill unexpired term of C. C McChord)
- Urey Woodson
- Charles B. Poyntz
1895
- John C. Wood (Chair)
- H. S. Irwin
- J. F. Dempsey
1899
- C. C. McChord (Chair)
- John C. Wood
- J. F. Dempsey
1903
- C.C. McChord (Chair - resigned)
- W. P. Walton (Appointed to fill unexpired term of C. C. McChord)
- McDougal Ferguson
- Adam T. Siler
1907
- Adam T. Siler (Chair)
- McDougal Ferguson (Died June 17, 1909)
- John P. Haswell Jr. (Appointed to fill unexpired term of McD. Ferguson, resigned December 1, 1909)
- Laurence B. Finn (Appointed to fill unexpired term of John P. Haswell Jr.)
- Lew P. Tarlton
References
[edit]- https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/lrc/publications/ResearchReports/rr181.pdf
- https://books.google.com/books?id=DVM2AAAAIAAJ
- https://archive.org/details/annualreportrai00kentgoog/page/n10/mode/2up
- https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/browse?type=atitle&index=3338384&key=railroad%20commission%20of%20kentucky%01biennial%20report&c=x
- https://ballotpedia.org/Kentucky_Abolish_the_Railroad_Commission_Act,_Amendment_2_(2000)
- kykinfolk.com/kybiog/pulaski/pettus.wh.txt