Interview with Richard Weisenberger, November 30, 1990
Project: Kentucky Legislature Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Weisenberger (House 1976-1980, 1st district; Democrat) discusses his early childhood in Graves County (Ky.) and early work as a journalist for the Lexington Herald before beginning his political career. During this interview Weisenberger focuses on his time with the "Black Sheep Squadron" while in the House and his views on major pieces of legislation sponsored and rejected including the sales tax decrease, ERA legislation, and Kentucky's Product Liability Act. Weisenberger concludes with his reasons for not seeking reelection.Interview Accession
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'Black Sheep Squadron' Carroll Hubbard Committees Democratic Party) educational background Equal Rights Amendment Georgia Powers John Berry John Y. Brown Julian Carroll KEA Kentucky Equal Rights Amendment legislative committee Lexington Herald lobbyists Mike Moloney Product Liability Act Sales tax legislation sales tax-legislative terms term limits Thelma Stovall Weisenberger family historyInterview LC Subject
Ballard County (Ky.) Berry, John Marshall, Jr., 1935- Brown, John Young, 1900-1985 Carlisle County (Ky.) Carroll, Julian Morton, 1931- Equal rights amendments--Kentucky Fulton County (Ky.) Hickman County (Ky.) Hubbard, Carroll Journalists--Kentucky Kentucky Education Association Legislators--Kentucky--Interviews Lexington Herald-Leader Lobbyists Moloney, Michael R. Powers, Georgia Davis, 1923- Products liability--Law and legislation Sales tax--Law and legislation--Kentucky Stovall, Thelma L., 1919-1994 Weisenberger, Richard Weisenberger, Richard--InterviewsInterview Rights
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Weisenberger, Richard Interview by Jeffrey Suchanek. 30 Nov. 1990. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Weisenberger, R. (1990, November 30). Interview by J. Suchanek. Kentucky Legislature Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Weisenberger, Richard, interview by Jeffrey Suchanek. November 30, 1990, Kentucky Legislature Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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