Augustus Owsley Stanley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Augustus Owsley Stanley

American state and federal politician

Date of Birth: 21-May-1867

Place of Birth: Shelbyville, Kentucky, United States

Date of Death: 12-Aug-1958

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Augustus Owsley Stanley

  • Augustus Owsley Stanley I (May 21, 1867 – August 12, 1958) was an American politician from Kentucky.
  • A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 38th Governor of Kentucky and also represented the state in both the U.S.
  • House of Representatives and the U.S.
  • Senate.
  • From 1903 to 1915, Stanley represented Kentucky's 2nd congressional district in the House of Representatives, where he gained a reputation as a progressive reformer.
  • Beginning in 1904, he called for an antitrust investigation of the American Tobacco Company, claiming they were a monopsony that drove down prices for the tobacco farmers of his district.
  • As a result of his investigation, the Supreme Court of the United States ordered the breakup of the American Tobacco Company in 1911.
  • Stanley also chaired a committee that conducted an antitrust investigation of U.S.
  • Steel, which brought him national acclaim.
  • Many of his ideas were incorporated into the Clayton Antitrust Act. During an unsuccessful senatorial bid in 1914, Stanley assumed an anti-prohibition stance.
  • This issue would dominate his political career for more than a decade and put him at odds with J.
  • C.
  • W.
  • Beckham, the leader of the pro-temperance faction of the state's Democratic Party.
  • In 1915, Stanley ran for governor, defeating his close friend Edwin P.
  • Morrow by just over 400 votes in the closest gubernatorial race in the state's history.
  • Historian Lowell H.
  • Harrison called Stanley's administration the apex of the Progressive Era in Kentucky.
  • Among the reforms adopted during his tenure were a state antitrust law, a campaign finance reform law, and a workman's compensation law.
  • In 1918, Stanley was chosen as the Democratic nominee to succeed the recently deceased senator Ollie M.
  • James.
  • Stanley was elected, but did not resign as governor to take the seat until May 1919 and accomplished little in his single term.
  • He lost his re-election bid to Frederic M.
  • Sackett in the 1924 Republican landslide and never again held elected office.
  • He died in Washington, D.C., on August 12, 1958.

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