What is Wendell H. Ford?
[[File:Sen Wendell Ford of Ky.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Ford in 1989]] '''Wendell Hampton Ford''' (September 8, 1924 &ndash; January 22, 2015) was an [[Americans|American]] politician. He served for twenty-four years in the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] and was the 53rd [[Governor of Kentucky]]. He was the first person to be successively elected [[Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky|lieutenant governor]], governor, and U.S. senator in Kentucky history.<ref name=jones211>Jones, p. 211</ref> Ford died in [[Owensboro, Kentucky]] from [[lung cancer]], aged 90.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/23/us/politics/wendell-h-ford-kentucky-governor-and-senator-dies-at-90.html|title=Wendell H. Ford, Kentucky governor and senator, dies at 90|publisher=[[New York Times]].com|accessdate=January 22, 2015}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.nndb.com/people/227/000053068/ Wendell Ford profile, NNDB] {{US Senate Majority Whips}} {{US Senate Minority Whips}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ford, Wendell H.}} [[Category:1924 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from lung cancer]] [[Category:Governors of Kentucky]] [[Category:United States senators from Kentucky]] [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]] [[Category:People from Owensboro, Kentucky]] [[Category:Lieutenant Governors of Kentucky]] {{US-bio-stub}}