Kenneth H. Tuggle

Kenneth H. Tuggle

Kenneth Herndon Tuggle (born June 12, 1904 in Barbourville , Kentucky , †  February 17, 1978 in Louisville , Kentucky) was an American politician . Between 1943 and 1947 he was lieutenant governor of the state of Kentucky.

Career

Kenneth H. Tuggle was the only child of Jesse D. Tuggle and Sue Gregory Root. His father was a well-known lawyer. He was a district judge and a district attorney.

He attended public schools, including Union College , in Barbourville. In 1925 he received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Kentucky and in 1926 a Bachelor of Laws . Immediately afterwards, he was admitted to the bar. From 1927 to 1931 he worked as the city's legal advisor. He then worked until 1953 as a lawyer and special legal representative of the local administration.

In 1934 he was a co-founder of the Union National Bank of Barbourville and its initial president and board chairman. He held the post of Chairman of the Supervisory Board until 1953. In addition, he was represented on the supervisory boards of several local companies.

At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . In 1939 he ran unsuccessfully for the office of Attorney General of his state. In 1943 Tuggle was elected Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky (Deputy) alongside Simeon S. Willis . He held this office between 1943 and 1947. From 1944 to 1946 he was also chairman of the state senate .

In 1948 and 1952 he took part as a delegate at the respective Republican National Conventions .

On July 28, 1953, he was nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower for the vacant seat of Walter MW Splawn on the Interstate Commerce Commission with a remaining term until December 31, 1954. After confirmation by the US Senate on July 31, 1953, he took the oath of office on September 8, 1953. He was re-nominated three times for a full term ending December 31, 1975 by Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson . In 1959 he was the rotating chairman of the authority. From 1960 he was responsible for the finance department. In 1974 he reached the regular end of his term of office on his 70th birthday. The term of office was extended by a decree of the President Richard Nixon in order to bring the problem of the reorganization of the rail traffic in the northeast of the United States ( Penn Central bankruptcy / founding of Conrail ) to a conclusion. He resigned on July 31, 1975 after having had heart problems since the beginning of the year.

Tuggle has served on several legal associations and has served on the board of directors of Union College in Barbourville for many years. In 1947 he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws by Union College.

He died in Louisville on February 17, 1978 and was buried in Barbourville.

Kenneth H. Tuggle was married to Vivian Shirley (1914–1977) since 1937 and had two children with her.

Web links

• Kenneth H. Tuggle in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• The Political Graveyard
• ICC practitioners' journal. v.20 no.10 (1953). Retrieved July 3, 2019 . 
• Obituary in the Washington Post
• Kenneth Herndon Tuggle. Retrieved July 3, 2019 . 
• M. Secrist: Knox County, Kentucky: History Revealed Through Biographical and Genealogical Sketches of Its Ancestors . Lulu Press, Inc, 2012, ISBN 978-1-300-40208-4 ( google.de [accessed July 3, 2019]).