J. Lyter Donaldson
Joseph Lyter Donaldson (born April 10, 1891 in Carrollton , Carroll County , Kentucky , † March 27, 1960 in Louisville , Kentucky) was an American politician ( Democratic Party ) and lawyer.
Lyter Donaldson, one of four children of the lawyer Joseph A. Donaldson, studied at Center College and graduated with a degree in law at the Cumberland University in Lebanon ( Tennessee ). From 1913 he worked as an attorney in his hometown of Carrollton and was elected district attorney in 1921, whose office he held until 1930. He was a charter member and first president of the Rotary Club in Carrollton. After his father's death on August 1, 1930, he took over his father's role as President of the First National Bank .
From 1930 to 1936 he was a member of the Kentucky State Highway Commission , whose chair he took in 1935. In 1939 he led the gubernatorial campaign of Keen Johnson , who named him State highway commissioner . In 1943 he ran for the Democratic Party for governor of Kentucky . In the party primary on August 7th, he prevailed against his three party colleagues with 135,576 votes. He lost the gubernatorial election against the Republican Simeon Willis with 270,525 (48.9%) to 279,144 votes.
In 1959 he participated in the gubernatorial election of Bert Combs . He died of a heart attack on March 27, 1960 while visiting friends in Louisville, aged 68. He is buried in his hometown of Carrollton.
literature
- John Ed Pearce (1987). Divide and Dissent: Kentucky Politics 1930-1963. The University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-1613-9 .
Web links
- J. Lyter Donaldson in the database of Find a Grave (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Donaldson, J. Lyter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Donaldson, Joseph Lyter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 10, 1891 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Carrollton , Kentucky |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 27, 1960 |
| Place of death | Louisville , Kentucky |