Browse Interviews · William H. Berge Oral History Center

Interview with William Scent

Attorney

Tags: A.B. Chandler, Bert T. Combs, Democratic Party, Earle Clements, factionalism, finances, Gubernatorial Campaign-1955, Gubernatorial Campaign-1971, Regionalism, Television, Wilson Wyatt

Attorney

Tags: A.B. Chandler, Bert T. Combs, Democratic Factionalism, Democratic Party, Gubernatorial Campaign-1955, Gubernatorial Campaign-1959, Lexington KY, Regionalism, Republican Party, Wilson Wyatt

Secretary of the Education and Arts Cabinet

Tags: Bert T. Combs, Democratic Factionalism, Democratic Party, Earle Clements, Herman McGuire, Kentucky legislature, Lawrence Wetherby, Louisville Courier-Journal, Politics, Regionalism, Wilson Wyatt

Circuit Judge

Tags: Bert T. Combs, Democratic Party, Gubernatorial Campaign-1955, Politics, Robert R. Martin, Wilson Wyatt

Mr. Easterly was the press secretary for A.B. Chandler and discusses the 1955 campaign, Combs as an administrator and the politics of the time.

Tags: Bert T. Combs, Cumberland Gap, Democratic Party, Earle Clements, Gubernatorial Campaign-1955, Politics, Wilson Wyatt

Consultant

Tags: A.B. Chandler, Bert T. Combs, Democratic Party, Earle Clements, Emerson "Doc" Beauchamp, factionalism, Gubernatorial Campaign-1955, Gubernatorial Campaign-1959, Henry Ward, John Palmore, Lawrence Wetherby, Politics, Robert Bell, Wilson Wyatt

The daughter of Bert Combs talks about her remembrances of her father before he was governor as well as his years as governor of Kentucky.

Tags: Bert T. Combs, Democratic Party, Gubernatorial Campaign-1955, Gubernatorial Campaign-1959, Kentucky Court of Appeals, Politics, Porter Sims, Wilson Wyatt

Senator

Tags: A.B. Chandler, Appalachia, Bert T. Combs, Christmas Massacre, Democratic Party, Earle Clements, Edward Breathitt, Emerson "Doc" Beauchamp, Gubernatorial Campaign-1955, Harry Waterfield, Kentucky State Senate, Politics, The Rebels, Veterans Bonus Referendum, Wilson Wyatt

Distilled Spirits Administrator

Tags: Bert T. Combs, Democratic Party, Earle Clements, Edward Breathitt, Gubernatorial Campaign-1955, Gubernatorial Campaign-1959, Joe Bates, Lawrence Wetherby, Louisville Courier-Journal, Politics, Wilson Wyatt

Former Kentucky Governor

Tags: Bert T. Combs, Civil Rights, Democratic Party, Edward Breathitt, Kentucky Court of Appeals, Louisville Courier-Journal, Politics, toll roads, United States Circuit Court of Appeals, Wilson Wyatt

Chairman of the Council on Public Higher Education

Tags: Bert T. Combs, Civil Rights, Democratic Party, Kentucky Court of Appeals, Louisville Courier-Journal, Politics, United States Circuit Court of Appeals, Wilson Wyatt