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Ken Gibson (Kentucky politician)

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Ken Gibson
Member of the Kentucky Senate
from the 6th district
In office
May 1972 – January 1, 1987
Preceded byWilliam A. Logan
Succeeded byWilliam T. Brinkley
Personal details
Born1933 (age 90–91)
Political partyDemocratic

Kenneth O. Gibson (born 1933) is an American politician from Kentucky who was a member of the Kentucky Senate from 1972 to 1987. Gibson was first elected in a May 1972 special election following the resignation of incumbent senator William Logan.[1] On June 15, 1972, Gibson was one of seven Democratic senators that voted against Kentucky's ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.[2] He retired from the senate in 1986.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Independent Defeats Demo In House Race". The Lexington Herald. May 24, 1972. p. 26.
  2. ^ Pardue, Anne (June 16, 1972). "Kentucky becomes 19th to ratify equal rights for women amendment". The Courier Journal. Louisville, Kentucky. p. 1.
  3. ^ "Filing deadline: It can be signal to act or not for lawmakers". The Lexington Herald-Leader. February 17, 1986. p. B1.