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Bertram Thomas Combs (August 13, 1911 – December 4, 1991) was an American jurist and politician from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. After serving on the Kentucky Court of Appeals, he was elected the 50th Governor of Kentucky in 1959 on his second run for the office.
- 1943–1946
- Democratic
5 de dic. de 1991 · Former Gov. Bert T. Combs of Kentucky, a Democrat who championed fiscal reforms and civil rights in his four-year tenure as the state's chief executive three decades ago, was found dead in a...
4 de dic. de 1991 · Gov. Bert Thomas Combs. Terms December 8, 1959 - December 10, 1963. Party Democratic. Born August 13, 1911. Passed December 4, 1991. Birth State Kentucky. School Cumberland College; University of Kentucky Law School. Family Married twice--Mabel Hall, Helen Clark Rechtin; two children. Military Service Army.
5 de dic. de 1991 · From New Services. Bert T. Combs, 80, a former governor of Kentucky and a leading figure on the state's political scene, was found dead Dec. 4 in a rain-swollen river near Rosslyn, Ky.,...
Bert Combs. Bert T. Combs served as governor of Kentucky from 1959 to 1963. He created a merit system for state government workers that is still in place today, appointed the state's first Human Rights Commission, and ordered the desegregation of all public accommodations in Kentucky.
- Distinguished Kentuckian
- June 09, 2008
Bertram Thomas Combs (August 13, 1911 – December 4, 1991) was an American jurist and politician from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. After serving on the Kentucky Court of Appeals, he was elected the 50th Governor of Kentucky in 1959 on his second run for the office.
This volume presents the most important public papers of Bert T. Combs during the four years he served as governor of Kentucky. Arranged chronologically, the papers reveal the policy of the Combs administration as it evolved in the early years of the 1960s and show how the governor dealt with varying concurrent problems.
