Interview with Lon Carter Barton, February 21, 1991

Project: Kentucky Legislature Oral History Project

Interview Summary

Barton (House 1959-1964, 3rd district, 2nd district; Democrat) highlights his time under governors Chandler, Combs, and Breathitt. He discusses the impact of the interim committee system and the Legislative Research Commission (LRC) in shaping an independent legislature. Concludes with the impact of public roads and transporation access for Western Kentucky in the 1960s. Part 2 of 3.

Interview Accession

1991oh024_leg024

Interviewee Name

Lon Carter Barton

Interviewer Name

Jeffrey Suchanek

Interview Date

1991-02-21

Interview Keyword

'Happy Chandler' Bert Combs Democratic Party) Earle Clements Edward Breathitt egg law interim committees legislative independence Legislative Research Commission (LRC) Purchase Parkway Western Kentucky Parkway

Interview LC Subject

Barton, Lon Carter Barton, Lon Carter--Interviews Breathitt, Edward T., 1924- Chandler, Happy, 1898-1991 Clements, Earle C. (Earle Chester), 1896-1985 Combs, Bert T., 1911-1991 Express highways--Design and construction Graves County (Ky.) Julian M. Carroll Purchase Parkway Kentucky. General Assembly--Reform Kentucky. General Assembly. Legislative Research Commission Kentucky. Governor (1955-1959 : Chandler) Kentucky. Governor (1959-1963 : Combs) Kentucky. Governor (1963-1967 : Breathitt) Legislators--Kentucky--Interviews Wendell H. Ford Western Kentucky Parkway

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