Luke Pryor Blackburn, physician, governor, reformer
By: Nancy Disher Baird.
Series: The Kentucky Bicentennial bookshelf; Kentucky Bicentennial bookshelf.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 1979
Place of publication: Lexington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
Subjects: Blackburn, Luke Pryor, 1816-1887.; Prisons -- Kentucky -- History.; Public health -- Kentucky -- History.; Governors -- Kentucky -- Biography.; Physicians -- Kentucky -- Biography.; Kentucky -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950.
Description: "Blackburn was the first doctor elected governor of the Commonwealth and was the only one until the election of Ernie Fletcher in 2003.[4] His major issue as governor was prison reform. He was called the "father of prison reforms in Kentucky" for his efforts in improving conditions in the state's penal system."--Wikipedia citation.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 125-[128]