Combs, Bert T., 1911-1991

found: His The public papers of Gov. Bert T. Combs, 1959-1963, c1979:t.p. (Governor Bert T. Combs) CIP galley (Bert Thomas Combs, b. 8/13/11; Governor of Kentucky, 12/8/59-12/10/63; in 1967 appointed U.S. Court of Appeals Judge for the Sixth Circuit)

found: WWWA:v. 10 1989-1993 (Combs, Bert Thomas; lawyer; b. Manchester, KY Aug. 13, 1911; d. Dec. 3, 1991)

found: The Kentucky encyclopedia, ©1992:pages 217-218 ("Bert T. Combs"; Kentucky governor 1959-1963; born in Clay County, Ky. August 13, 1911; earned law degree from the University of Kentucky in 1937; opened a law practice in Prestonsburg, Ky., then volunteered for service in the U.S. Army in World War II where he served until his discharge in 1946; served as commonwealth's attorney in 1951, then in court of appeals; ran against Governor Happy Chandler in the 1955 Democratic primary for governor of Kentucky; won the 1959 Democractic gubernatorial primary; ran again for governor of Kentucky in 1971 but lost to Wendell H. Ford. Died in a flash flood near Stanton, Ky. December 4, 1991)