Interview with Charles Gregory Higdon, July 27, 2006
Project: Kentucky Legislature Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Higdon (Senate 1981-1991, 1st district; Democrat) talks about life in Fancy Farm, Kentucky, his Catholic upbringing, military service, and the annual Fancy Farm Picnic. He discusses early impressions of Frankfort as a new senator, serving on committees, campaigning, serving under several administrations, legislation for education reform, natural resources, infrastructure, and the lottery. He concludes the interview with a review of his duties as co-secretary of the for the Kentucky Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet under Governor Jones, and changes in the legislature since his retirement.Interview Accession
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Brown, John Young, Jr., 1933- Calloway County (Ky.) Carlisle County (Ky.) Catholicism Collins, Martha Layne Educational change Fancy Farm (Ky.) Frankfort (Ky.) Fulton County (Ky.) Graves County (Ky.) Hickman County (Ky.) Higdon, Charles Gregory Higdon, Charles Gregory--Interviews Japan. Kentucky Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet Kentucky. Education Reform Act (1990) Kentucky. General Assembly. Legislative Research Commission Kentucky. Governor (1979-1983 : Brown) Kentucky. Governor (1983-1987 : Collins) Kentucky. Governor (1987-1991 : Wilkinson) Kentucky. Governor (1991-1995 : Jones) Legislators--Kentucky--Interviews Lobbyists Paducah (Ky.) Political campaigns--Kentucky Regionalism Roads Trigg County (Ky.) Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Wilkinson, Wallace G.Interview Rights
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Higdon, Charles Gregory Interview by Catherine Herdman. 27 Jul. 2006. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Higdon, C.G. (2006, July 27). Interview by C. Herdman. Kentucky Legislature Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Higdon, Charles Gregory, interview by Catherine Herdman. July 27, 2006, Kentucky Legislature Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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