Interview with Albert Benjamin Chandler, Jr., March 10, 2014
Project: A. B. "Happy" Chandler: Political Career Oral History Project
Interview Summary
This is the forth in a short series of life history interviews with Albert Benjamin Chandler, Jr., who was the son of former KY Governor, U.S. Senator, and Commissioner of Major League Baseball, A.B. "Happy" Chandler, and the father of 6th District Congressman Ben Chandler. This interview discusses the A.B. "Happy" Chandler political career, the 1956 Presidential campaign, and A.B. Chandler, Jr.'s experience publishing the Woodford Sun newspaper.Interview Accession
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Albert Benjamin "Ben" Chandler, III
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"Truck deal" 1955 gubernatorial election 1956 Presidential Campaign ambition Bert Combs congress--elections Democratic Administration Double primary election 1935 Earle Clements early political career Emerson "Doc" Beauchamp favorite sun Fred Luigart Gov. Ruby Laffoon political career President John F. Kennedy Primary run-off support The Woodford Sun newspaper Virgil ChapmanInterview Rights
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Chandler, Albert Benjamin, Jr. Interview by Jeffrey Suchanek. 10 Mar. 2014. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Chandler, A.B., Jr. (2014, March 10). Interview by J. Suchanek. A. B. "Happy" Chandler: Political Career Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Chandler, Albert Benjamin, Jr., interview by Jeffrey Suchanek. March 10, 2014, A. B. "Happy" Chandler: Political Career Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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