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Keen Johnson

1896 - 1970

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Keen Johnson (January 12, 1896 – February 7, 1970) was an American politician who served as the 45th governor of Kentucky, serving from 1939 to 1943; being the only journalist to have held that office. After serving in World War I, Johnson purchased and edited the Elizabethtown Mirror newspaper. He revived the struggling paper, sold it to a competitor and used the profits to obtain his journalism degree from the University of Kentucky in 1922. After graduation, he became editor of The Anderson News, and in 1925, he accepted an offer to co-publish and edit the Richmond Daily Register. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Keen Johnson is the 16,969th most popular politician (down from 16,661st in 2024), the 10,824th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,343rd in 2019) and the 826th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Keen Johnson ranks 16,969 out of 19,576. Before him are Natalya Petrusyova, Akwasi Afrifa, Yaël Braun-Pivet, Martín Vázquez, Edward Brooke, and Vangelis Meimarakis. After him are Nancy Faeser, Eadberht III Præn, Stanley Wagner, John de Jongh Jr., Princess Claire of Belgium, and Francis Hopkinson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Keen Johnson ranks 257. Before him are Manuel Rojas, Józef Kałuża, Cyril Slater, Lawrence Tibbett, Marie Prevost, and Joan Lindsay. After him are Priscilla Dean, Alan Mowbray, V. K. Krishna Menon, Adele Astaire, Herb Drury, and Uberto De Morpurgo. Among people deceased in 1970, Keen Johnson ranks 249. Before him are Georg de Laval, Anita Louise, Jaipal Singh Munda, John T. Scopes, Teofilo Spasojević, and Laura Knight. After him are Don Finlay, Richard Hofstadter, Maurice Stokes, Chester Morris, Charles Olson, and Richard Cushing.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Keen Johnson ranks 10,826 out of 20,380. Before him are James M. Bardeen (1939), Peter Segal (1962), Dick Richards (1936), Kevin Moore (1967), Edward Brooke (1919), and Jim Nabors (1930). After him are Joe Mantell (1915), Jim Pollard (1922), Taylor Momsen (1993), M. H. Abrams (1912), Adam Arkin (1956), and Stanley Wagner (1908).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Keen Johnson ranks 826. Before him are John Delaney (1963), Jeremiah Denton (1924), Jonathan Dayton (1760), Mickey Kantor (1939), Max Baucus (1941), and Edward Brooke (1919). After him are Stanley Wagner (1908), Francis Hopkinson (1737), G. William Miller (1925), Charles Colson (1931), Ted Kaufman (1939), and Bruce Bueno de Mesquita (1946).

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