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Kentucky Railroad Commission
Seal of the Commonwealth of Kentucky
Details of Office
TypePartisan
SelectionElected
Term4 Years, non-consecutive
AuthorityStatute (1878)
Constitution (1891)
Inaugural OfficeholdersHenry D. McHenry (Chair)
Lucius Desha
W.H. Pettus
Established1880
Abolished2000

The Kentucky Railroad Commission was an elected body of the Commonwealth of Kentucky that served as the chief decision-making authority concerning the railroads from the time of its creation in 1880 until it was abolished by a ballot amendment in 2000.

History

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Composition

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  • Clarke Railroad Bill apportioned it by district, not affiliation



Duties

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Map of Kentucky railroads - 1910

Abolishment

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List of commissioners

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Term of office Agriculture Manufacturing Railroads
1880-1882 John F. Johnston (Chair) Charles E. Kincaid Charles H. Rochester
Term of office District 1 (Western Kentucky) District 2 (Central Kentucky) District 3 (Eastern Kentucky)
1882-1884 Willis B. Machen D. Howard Smith (Chair) William M. Beckner
1884-1888 A. R. Boone (died January 27, 1886)
Ignatius A. Spaulding
J. P. Thompson (Chair) John D. Young
1888-1892 Ignatius A. Spaulding (Chair) W. B. Fleming John F. Hager (resigned August 1891)
George M. Adams
1892-1895 Urey Woodson C. C. McChord (Chair - resigned)
James N. Saunders
Charles B. Poyntz
1895-1899 J. F. Dempsey J. S. Irwin John C. Wood (Chair)
1899-1903 J. F. Dempsey C. C. McChord (Chair) John C. Wood
1903-1907 McDougal Ferguson C. C. McChord (Chair - resigned)
W. P. Walton
Adam T. Siler
1907-1911 McDougal Ferguson (Died June 17, 1909)
John P. Haswell Jr. (resigned December 1, 1909)
Laurence B. Finn
Lew P. Tarlton Adam T. Siler (Chair)
1911-1915 Laurence B. Finn (Chair) William F. Klair H. G. Garrett
1915-1919 Laurence B. Finn (Chair) Sid T. Douthitt H. G. Garrett
1919-1923
1923-1927 Frank N. Burns (Chair; died May 30, 1925)
Moses R. Glenn (Chair beginning November 1, 1926)
Oscar Vest (Chair from May 30, 1925 - November 1, 1926) Ike Wilder
1927-1931 Moses R. Glenn (Chair) Oscar Vest Thomas H. Laughon
1931-1935 Moses R. Glenn (Chair) Oscar Vest James Hatcher
1935-1939
1943-1947 Jack E. Fisher Frank L. McCarthy (Chair) Clay M. Bishop
1947-1951 Jesse M. Stone Frank L. McCarthy (Chair) T. J. Moore
1951-1955 Pleaz W. Mobley
1955-1959
1959-1963
1963-1967
1967-1971 Wayne W. Freeman Chester L. Rigsby Jack Patton
1971-1975 George A. Ford Thomas James Robert "Bob" Damron
1975-1979 Leslie H. "Dick" Frymire John W. Manning (Chair; died September 12, 1977)
Henry Spalding (Appointed October 1977)
Jimmy "Gabe" Turner
1979-1983 Gene Smith Henry Spalding Jimmy "Gabe" Turner
1983-1987 William A. "Bill" Bailey Henry Spalding Jimmy "Gabe" Turner
1987-1991 William A. "Bill" Bailey Henry Spalding J. E. Combs
1991-1995 William A. "Bill" Bailey Henry Spalding J. E. Combs
1995-1999 William A. "Bill" Bailey Henry Spalding J. E. Combs
1999-2001 William A. "Bill" Bailey Henry Spalding J. E. Combs

1878

1880

  • J. Fletcher Johnston (Chair)
  • C. H. Rochester
  • C. E. Kincaid

1882

1884

  • J. P. Thompson (Chair)
  • John D. Young
  • A. R. Boone (Died January 27, 1886)
  • I. A. Spalding (Appointed to fill unexpired term of A. R. Boone)

1888

  • Ignatius A. Spalding (Chair)
  • W. B. Fleming
  • John F. Hager (resigned August 1891)
  • George M. Adams (Appointed to fill unexpired term of John F. Hager)

1892

  • C. C. McChord (Chair - resigned)
  • James N. Saunders (Appointed to fill unexpired term of C. C McChord)
  • Urey Woodson
  • Charles B. Poyntz

1895

  • John C. Wood (Chair)
  • H. S. Irwin
  • J. F. Dempsey

1899

  • C. C. McChord (Chair)
  • John C. Wood
  • J. F. Dempsey

1903

  • C.C. McChord (Chair - resigned)
  • W. P. Walton (Appointed to fill unexpired term of C. C. McChord)
  • McDougal Ferguson
  • Adam T. Siler

1907

  • Adam T. Siler (Chair)
  • McDougal Ferguson (Died June 17, 1909)
  • John P. Haswell Jr. (Appointed to fill unexpired term of McD. Ferguson, resigned December 1, 1909)
  • Laurence B. Finn (Appointed to fill unexpired term of John P. Haswell Jr.)
  • Lew P. Tarlton

References

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