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Bertram Thomas Combs
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1967
Bertram Thomas Combs , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Bertram Thomas Combs (August 13, 1911 – December 4, 1991) was an American jurist and liberal politician from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. After serving on the Kentucky Court of Appeals, he was elected the 50th governor of Kentucky in 1959 on his second run for the office.
Education
- University of Kentucky College of LawLL.B., 1937
Career
Private practice, Prestonburg, Kentucky, 1937-1942, 1946-1951; U.S. Army captain, 1941-1946; City attorney, Prestonburg, Kentucky, 1950; Commonwealth's attorney, Thirty-First Judicial District, Kentucky, 1950-1951; Judge, Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1951-1955; Governor, Kentucky, 1959-1963; Private practice, Louisville, Kentucky, 1963-1967, 1970-1991
Biography
Bertram Thomas Combs (August 13, 1911 – December 4, 1991) was an American jurist and liberal politician from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. After serving on the Kentucky Court of Appeals, he was elected the 50th governor of Kentucky in 1959 on his second run for the office.
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