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John Y. Brown Jr. John Young Brown Jr. (December 28, 1933 – November 22, 2022) was an American politician and entrepreneur from Kentucky. He served as the 55th governor of Kentucky from 1979 to 1983, and built Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) into a multimillion-dollar restaurant chain.
John Y. Brown, Jr., looks over his new food chain project on Friday, Nov. 3, 2006 that will be in the Tates Creek Center in Lexington, Kentucky.
The former governor’s statehouse services began on Tuesday. See photos from the Capitol. Former Ky. Gov. John Y. Brown, Jr. remembered as body lies in state at Capitol
John Young Brown (February 1, 1900 – June 16, 1985) was an American attorney and politician. [1] He was a state representative for nearly three decades, serving one term as speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives and as majority floor leader during the term of Governor Edward T. Breathitt. He was elected to one term in the U.S. House of Representatives from March 4, 1933, to January ...
Fifty-nine individuals have held the office of governor. Prior to a 1992 amendment to the state's constitution, the governor was prohibited from succeeding himself or herself in office, though four men ( Isaac Shelby, John L. Helm, James B. McCreary and Happy Chandler) served multiple non-consecutive terms. Paul E. Patton, the first Kentucky governor eligible for a second consecutive term ...
Author Matthew Strandmark interviews Patton, along with U.S. Rep. Andy Barr, Rep. James Comer and Gov. Ernie Fletcher on the man who made Kentucky’s political season so much more interesting.
Centre College ( BA) Signature. John Young Brown (June 28, 1835 – January 11, 1904) was an American politician from the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky who represented the state in the United States House of Representatives and served as its 31st governor. Brown was elected to the House of Representatives for three non-consecutive terms, each ...
The chicken restaurant chain was founded in 1991 by musician Kenny Rogers and former governor of Kentucky, John Y. Brown Jr. The chain grew to 350 locations world-wide and was even featured in a ...