User:William R. Wilks II
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| High school | Lawrence County High School |
| University | Eastern Kentucky University (BA) University of Kentucky (JD, in progress) |
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This user is interested in the history of Kentucky Genealogist This user is a genealogist . This user loves History . | |
Please excuse any mistakes I may make. Long time browser, recent serious editor thanks to the needs of the great commonwealth of Kentucky. I have a particular interest in subjects related to Kentucky history, law, and politics as well as articles in relation to the commonwealth that may not see the regular maintenance they require.
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John W. Yerkes
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William T. Lafferty
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John B. Huston
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Vic Hellard Jr.
See also my Wikimedia Commons user page: William R. Wilks II
Interests and projects
[edit ]Specific interests and ongoing generalized projects include:
- Kentucky General Assembly
- Kentucky constitutional officers
- Kentucky Supreme Court justices
- Kentucky Supreme Court
- Kentucky Court of Appeals
- Kentucky's defunct political offices:
- Clerk of the Kentucky Court of Appeals
- Kentucky Railroad Commission
- Kentucky Superintendent of Public Instruction
- Kentucky Superior Court
- Register of the Kentucky Land Office
Priority biography drafts
[edit ]- Draft:John Grant Crabbe (Superintendent of Public Instruction, and president of EKU)
- Draft:John W. Yerkes (1900 special gubernatorial election GOP nominee; IRS Commissioner)
- Draft:Clifton J. Pratt (Attorney General who retained office after Taylor v. Beckham)
- Draft:Vic Hellard Jr. (Longest serving director of the LRC)
- Draft:William T. Lafferty (First dean of the UK Law)
- Draft:John B. Huston (Only know-nothing speaker of the KY House)
- Member bio overhauls
All drafts
[edit ]Misc.
[edit ]Public office
[edit ]People
[edit ]- Draft:John Grant Crabbe*
- Draft:Thomas J. Coates (Educator)
- Draft:William F. O'Donnell
- Draft:David T. McFaddin
- Draft:Wendell P. Butler
- Draft:Jere A. Sullivan
- Draft:John B. Huston *
- Draft:Bernard Coffindaffer
- Draft:Vic Hellard Jr. *
- Draft:John E. Buckingham
- Draft:Ed Prichard
- Draft:Dick Vermillion
- Draft:Porter Clay
- Draft:William T. Lafferty *
- Draft:William McDowell
- Draft:Alvin Duvall
- Draft:Charles O. Reynolds
- Draft:John W. Yerkes *
- Draft:William Cassius Goodloe
- Draft:Cratis D. Williams
- Draft:Robert L. DeZarn
- Draft:Clifton J. Pratt *
- Draft:B. L. D. Guffy
2026 Kentucky General Assembly drafts
[edit ]Quick reference:
House
[edit ]- Draft:Robert LeVertis Bell (D) (43rd)
- Draft:Darrell Billings (R) 91st
- David Charles (R) 74th
- Draft:Cole Cuzick (R) 63rd [COMPLETE]
- Mike Fisher (R) 70th
- Draft:Kevin Jones (Kentucky politician) (R) 52nd
- Daniel Konstantopoulos (R) 73rd
- Wes Pate (R) 14th
- Joseph Redmon (R) 27th
- Draft:Mitra Subedi (D) 30th [COMPLETE]
- Draft:Kenya Wade (D) 44th
Senate
[edit ]- Ben Mudd (R) 14th
Created articles
[edit ]State legislators
[edit ]Public office
[edit ]- Adjutant General of Kentucky
- Kentucky Superintendent of Public Instruction
- Solicitor General of Kentucky
State officials
[edit ]Judges
[edit ]Federal
[edit ]State
[edit ]Significant contributions
[edit ]- Louisa, Kentucky
- Tom O'Dell Smith
- Daniel Grossberg
- Robert R. Martin (educator)
- James Breathitt Jr.
- Carl Day
- Emerson Beauchamp
- Drexell R. Davis
- Frances Jones Mills
- John David Preston
- Charlie Hoffman
- S. Thruston Ballard
- Legislative Research Commission
- Henry Denhardt
- Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture
- Fort Gay, West Virginia
- University of Kentucky Rosenberg College of Law
- James C. Duff
- Kentucky Court of Appeals
- Jon Draud
- John Schickel
- Bill Gatton
- Benjamin Sebastian
- Jonathan Shell
- Robert Stivers
- Jeff Hoover
- David W. Osborne
- Dennis Parrett
- David Yates
- Russell Coleman
- Richard Southgate (politician)
Tools
[edit ]- University of Kentucky library databases - https://libguides.uky.edu/az.php
- Wiki Library - https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/
Kentucky General Assembly notes
[edit ]Historical membership (LRC Informational Bulletin No. 175)
[edit ]- Volume I: General Assembly members (1900–1949) https://legislature.ky.gov/LRC/Publications/Informational%20Bulletins/ib175a.pdf
- Volume II: General Assembly members (1950–2005) https://legislature.ky.gov/LRC/Publications/Informational%20Bulletins/ib175b.pdf
Constitution of 1891
[edit ]- Under the KY Constitution of 1891 (effective September 28, 1891–present), state legislators assume office
- After January 1, 1976, Judges of the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, and Judicial Circuit have terms of eight years and the District Court judges have terms of four years, both beginning on the first Monday in January after the general election.
- September 28, 1891–December 31, 1975; circuit judges elected in annual election of 1892 for term of five years; election held again in 1897 for full term of six years and every six years thereafter
- Chief Justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals was a rotating office, going to the the senior most member of the court during the last two years of their term.
- After January 1, 1976, Judges of the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, and Judicial Circuit have terms of eight years and the District Court judges have terms of four years, both beginning on the first Monday in January after the general election.
Constitution of 1850
[edit ]- Under the KY Constitution of 1850 (effective June 11, 1850–September 28, 1891), state legislators assumed office on the day of the August general election, and retained office until the day of their next general election
- Elections designated to take place on the first Monday of August
- Senators and representatives were up for election on August 5, 1850
- Constitutional officers up for election on August 4, 1851
- Court of Appeals justices elections staggered by drawing lots with elections to be held on August 2, 1852; August 7, 1854; August 4, 1856; and August 2, 1858;
- The justice whose term would end in 1852 was automatically appointed chief justice
- Elections designated to take place on the first Monday of August
Constitution of 1799
[edit ]- Under the KY Constitution of 1799, state legislators assumed office on the day of the August general election, and retained office until the day of their next general election.
- Elections designated to take place on the first Monday of August
- Representatives had a one year term
- Elections designated to take place on the first Monday of August