Augustus O. Stanley

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Augustus Owsley Stanley (May 21, 1867 - August 12, 1958) was Governor of Kentucky and a member of the United States Senate.

Stanley graduated from high school in Nicholasville, Kentucky and from Centre College in 1889.

A Democrat, Stanley served the Bluegrass State as a presidential elector and U.S. representative before winning the governorship in 1915 and serving to 1919. Born in 1867 in Shelbyville, Kentucky, he later served as U.S. senator from 1919 - 1925; he died in Washington, D.C., in August 1958 and is buried in Frankfort, Kentucky. His grandson was Owsley Stanley.

Preceded by Henry Dixon Allen	U.S. Representative from Kentucky's 2nd District 1903 – 1915	Succeeded by David Hayes Kincheloe
Preceded by George B. Martin	United States Senator (Class 2) from Kentucky 1919 – 1925	Succeeded by Frederic M. Sackett
Preceded by James B. McCreary	Governor of Kentucky 1915 – 1919	Succeeded by James Dixon Black

Governors of Kentucky

Shelby • Garrard • Greenup • Scott • Shelby • Madison • Slaughter • Adair • Desha • Metcalfe • J. Breathitt • J. Morehead • Clark • Wickliffe • Letcher • Owsley • Crittenden • Helm • Powell • C. Morehead • Magoffin • Robinson • Bramlette • Helm • Stevenson • Leslie • McCreary • Blackburn • Knott • Buckner • Brown • Bradley • Taylor • Goebel • Beckham • Willson • McCreary • Stanley • Black • Morrow • Fields • Sampson • Laffoon • Chandler • Johnson • Willis • Clements • Wetherby • Chandler • Combs • E. Breathitt • Nunn • Ford • Carroll • Brown Jr. • Collins • Wilkinson • Jones • Patton • Fletcher Kentucky also had two Confederate Governors: George W. Johnson and Richard Hawes.

Persondata
NAME	Stanley, Augustus Owsley
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Kentucky politician
DATE OF BIRTH	May 21, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH	Nicholasville, Kentucky, United States
DATE OF DEATH	August 12, 1958
PLACE OF DEATH	Washington, D.C., United States