Interview with John J. Isler, September 19, 1990
Project: Kentucky Legislature Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Isler (House 1956-1986, 60th district, 65th district; Democrat) discusses his family history and his early years with the Kenton County Democratic Club. Interview further recounts Isler's campaigns for his House seat and the Kentucky legislature in the 1950s, as well as Civil Rights legislation in the 1960s.Interview Accession
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Breathitt, Edward T., 1924- Brown, John Young, Jr., 1933- Carroll, Julian Morton, 1931- Chandler, Happy, 1898-1991 Civil rights--Law and legislation--Kentucky Clements, Earle C. (Earle Chester), 1896-1985 Collins, Martha Layne Discrimination--Law and legislation--Kentucky Ford, Wendell H., 1924- Isler, John J. Isler, John J.--Interviews Kenton County Democratic Club (Covington, Ky.) Kentucky. General Assembly. Legislative Research Commission Kentucky. Governor (1947-1950 : Clements) Kentucky. Governor (1955-1959 : Chandler) Kentucky. Governor (1983-1987 : Collins) Legislators--Kentucky--Interviews Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company Nunn, Louie B., 1924-2004 Political campaigns--KentuckyInterview Rights
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Isler, John J. Interview by Jeffrey Suchanek. 19 Sep. 1990. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Isler, J.J. (1990, September 19). Interview by J. Suchanek. Kentucky Legislature Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Isler, John J., interview by Jeffrey Suchanek. September 19, 1990, Kentucky Legislature Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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