Henry Denhardt

Henry Denhardt

Henry H. Denhardt (March 8, 1876 – September 20, 1937) was a Democratic American politician, who served as the 34th Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky from 1923 to 1927, under Governor William J. Fields.

Denhardt was born in Bowling Green, Kentucky. In November, 1936 he was charged with the murder of his girlfriend and tried in La Grange. The trial ended with a hung jury. Before he could be tried a second time, he was shot to death, at the Armstrong Hotel, Shelbyville, Shelby County, Kentucky, September 20, 1937.

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Political offices
Preceded by S. Thruston Ballard	Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky 1923–1927	Succeeded by James Breathitt, Jr.

Lieutenant Governors of Kentucky

Bullitt Caldwell Posey Slaughter (1st time) Hickman Slaughter (2nd time) Barry McAfee Breathitt J. Morehead Wickliffe M. Thomson Dixon Helm J. Thompson Hardy Boyd Jacob Stevenson Carlisle Underwood Cantrill Hindman Bryan Alford Worthington Marshall Beckham Thorne Cox McDermott Black Ballard Denhardt Breathitt Jr. Chandler Johnson Myers Tuggle Wetherby Beauchamp Waterfield Wyatt Waterfield Ford Carroll Stovall Collins Beshear Jones Patton Henry Pence Mongiardo Abramson Luallen Hampton

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The Political Graveyard

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