Appendix B

Former Transportation Secretaries & Commissioners Commonwealth of

Chief Administrative Officers* of

Department of Public Roads

Department of State Roads and Highways

State Highway Department

Department of Highways

Department of Transportation

Kentucky Transportation Cabinet

*Secretaries, Commissioners, and Chairmen

Researched and Submitted by James H. Havens and W. B. Drake

November 8, 1988

107 CHAIRMAN FROM !Q GOVERNOR Robert C. Terrell 6-21-12 7-1-16 James B. McCreary Commissioner

Rodman Wiley 7-1-16 9-1-19 Augustus 0. Stanley Commissioner

Josephus (Joe) S. Boggs* 9-1-19 6-17-20 Edwin P. Morrow Commissioner

Single Commissioner System ended July 1, 1920; Changed to Department of State Roads, Division of Highways September 1920

H. Green Garrett 6-17-20 12-10-23 Edwin P. Morrow Chairman, State Highway Commission (4 members)

Leslie B. Samuels 12-10-23 2-10-24 W. J. Fields Chairman

W. C. Montgomery 2-6-24 6-1-27 W. J. Fields Chairman Flemon D. Sampson

Legislature changed title to State Highway Department; State Highway Commission retained

Ben Johnson 6-7-27 12-5-29 Flemon D. Sampson Chairman

James A Scott 12-5-29** 3-14-30 Flemon D. Sampson Chairman

108 CHAIRMAN FROM IQ GOVERNOR 3-14-30 1-28-32 Flemon D. Sampson Chairman

Commission of four replaced by Commission of eight; 1932 Legislature expanded Commission to nine

Ben Johnson 2-3-32 12-7-34 Ruby Laffoon Chairman

Tom Rhea 12-7-34 4-1-35 Ruby Laffoon Chairman

J. L. Donaldson 4-1-35 1-31-36 Ruby Laffoon Chairman A B. Chandler

Ben Johnson 1-30-36 7-1-36 AB. Chandler Chairman (Acting)

Nine-member Advisory Commission appointed

Robert Humphreys 7-1-36 1-1-40 AB. Chandler Commissioner

J. L. Donaldson 1-1-40 4-1-43 Keen Johnson Commissioner Simeon S. Willis

Richard Williams, Jr. 4-1-43 12-8-43 Simeon S. Willis Commissioner

Legislation 1944, Governor Willis abolished Commission

109 CHAIRMAN FROM !Q GOVERNOR J. Steve Watkins 12-8-43 12-10-47 Simeon S. Willis Commissioner

Garrett Withers 12-10-47 1-19-49 Simeon S. Willis Commissioner Earle C. Clements

John A Keck 1-19-49 2-15-51 Earle C. Clements Commissioner

William P. Curlin 2-15-51 11-15-54 Earle C. Clements Commissioner Lawrence Weatherby

Mitchell W. Tinder 11-15-54 12-13-55 Earle C. Clements Commissioner Lawrence Weatherby

Robert Humphreys 12-13-55 6-21-56 Lawrence Weatherby Commissioner A B. Chandler

Legislature Special Session, established Highway Advisory Commission and 8 Highway Districts July 15, 1956

Bert Kiser 6-21-56 11-20-56 A B. Chandler Commissioner

Robert Humphreys 11-20-56 11-13-57 A B. Chandler Commissioner

James W. Martin 11-13-57 6-30-58 A B. Chandler Commissioner

110 CHAIRMAN FROM IQ GOVERNOR Nard J. Oates 6-30-58 12-9-59 A B. Chandler Commissioner Bert T. Combs

Governor Combs abandoned Advisory Commission

Earle C. Clements 12-9-59 9-1-60 Bert T. Combs Commissioner

Henry Ward 9-1-60 11-10-66 Bert T. Combs Commissioner Edward Breathitt

Mitchell Tinder 11-11-66 12-12-67 Edward Breathitt Commissioner Louie B. Nunn

William B. Hazelrigg 12-13-67 3-5-69 Louie B. Nunn Commissioner

Eugene Goss 3-6-69 8-15-70 Louie B. Nunn Commissioner

B. E. King 8-14-70 12-6-71 Louie B. Nunn Commissioner Wendell H. Ford

Charles Pryor 12-7-71 3-14-73 Wendell H. Ford Commissioner

March 16, 1973 Governor Wendell H. Ford by Executive Order reorganized State Government, creating a Department of Transportation

111 CHAIRMAN FROM I2 GOVERNOR Eljah M. Hogge 3-16-73 1-2-74 Wendell H. Ford Secretary of Transportation

James E. Gray 3-16-73 6-6-74 Wendell H. Ford Commissioner

James E. Gray 1-2-74 6-6-74 Wendell H. Ford Secretary of Transportation

Billy R. Paxton 1-6-74 1-3-75 Wendell H. Ford Commissioner

Billy R. Paxton 6-6-74 2-28-75 Wendell H. Ford Secretary of Transportation

John C. Roberts 1-3-75 3-14-77 Julian M. Carroll Commissioner

John C. Roberts 3-3-75 3-14-77 Julian M. Carroll Secretary of Transportation

Calvin G. Grayson 3-15-77 12-31-79 Julian M. Carroll Secretary of Transportation & Commissioner

Frank Metts 12-11-79 10-6-82 John Y. Brown, Jr. Secretary of Transportation

July 16, 1982 Governor John Y. Brown changed the names of departments to cabinets • creating the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet

112 CHAIRMAN FROM !Q GOVERNOR Dean Huff 4-21-80 12-12-83 John Y. Brown, Jr. Commissioner

James Runke 10-6-82 12-12-83 John Y. Brown, Jr. Secretary of Transportation

Floyd G. Poore 12-13-83 5-31-85 Martha L. Collins Secretary of Transportation

Stephen Reeder 12-13-83 Present Martha L. Collins Commissioner

C. Leslie Dawson 5-10-85 1-13-88 Martha L. Collins Secretary of Transportation

Milo D. Bryant 1-14-88 Present Secretary of Transportation

• Signed Third and Fourth Biennial Reports as Commissioner of Public Roads •• Became a Commissioner in June 1929; was elected Chairman on December 5, 1929

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