Rodes K. Myers

Rodes Kirby Myers (June 29, 1900 – March 10, 1960^[1]) was an active Kentucky Democrat and served as the 38th Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky 1939-1943.

Myers' hometown was Bowling Green, Kentucky. Myers was a Kentucky delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948 and 1956.

In 1939 Myers ran for Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky and won, serving 1939-43. Myers ran for Governor of Kentucky in 1943 but lost in the Democratic primary to J. Lyter Donaldson, who in turn lost to Republican Simeon S. Willis.

Myers died in 1960 and is buried at Fairview Cemetery in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

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Political offices
Preceded by Keen Johnson	Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky 1939–1943	Succeeded by Kenneth H. Tuggle
Party political offices
Preceded by Keen Johnson	Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky 1935–1935	Succeeded by William H. May

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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