Luke P. Blackburn
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title:
Luke P. Blackburn
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Luke Pryor Blackburn was an American physician, philanthropist, and politician from Kentucky. He was elected the 28th governor of Kentucky, serving from 1879 to 1883. Until the election of Ernie Fletcher in 2003, Blackburn was the only physician to serve as governor of Kentucky. After earning a medical degree at Transylvania University, Blackburn moved to Natchez, Mississippi, and gained national fame for implementing the first successful quarantine against yellow fever in the Mississippi River
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American physician and governor of Kentucky (1816–1887)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_P._Blackburn
date created:
2004-11-16T21:01:30Z
date modified:
2024-09-14T06:42:08Z
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