Emerson Beauchamp

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Emerson "Doc" Beauchamp (June 14, 1899 – April 15, 1971) was an American politician from the state of Kentucky. A Democrat, he was elected the 41st Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky in 1951, state Commissioner of Agriculture in 1959, and Kentucky State Treasurer in 1963.

Biography[edit]

Isaac Emerson Beauchamp was born in Logan County, Kentucky on June 14, 1899, the son of Isaac Beauchamp and Ella (Offutt) Beauchamp.[1] The Beauchamp family included several doctors, and Beauchamp's parents hoped he would enter the medical profession, so they called him "Doc" from an early age.[1] Beauchamp became a farmer and was involved in politics from an early age, including serving as a legislative page, serving as assistant clerk and clerk of the Kentucky Senate, and winning election to leadership roles on the Kentucky Democratic State Committee.[1][2] Beauchamp served in the U.S. Army during World War I and World War II and attained the rank of captain.[1]

Beauchamp served as Logan County Clerk (1926–1932) and then Sheriff of Logan County (1938–1941).[1][2] He was appointed chief clerk of the state senate in 1946 and director of the state department of personnel in 1947.[2] From 1948 to 1951 he was the state's rural highway commissioner.[2] In 1951 he was elected Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky and he served from 1951 to 1955.[1] Beauchamp was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1952, 1956, 1960, and 1964. From 1960 to 1963 he was Kentucky's Commissioner of Agriculture.[3] He served as Kentucky State Treasurer from 1964 through 1967.[1]

Death and burial[edit]

Beauchamp died in on April 15, 1971.[1] He was buried at Maple Grove Cemetery in Russellville, Kentucky.[1]

Family[edit]

In 1924, Beauchamp married Elizabeth Orndorff.[1] They were the parents of two sons, Russell and Emerson.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Kleber, John E., ed. (1992). The Kentucky Encyclopedia. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky. pp. 62–63. ISBN 978-0-8131-5901-0 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b c d Wetherby, Lawrence W. (1983). Kleber, John E. (ed.). The Public Papers of Governor Lawrence W. Wetherby, 1950-1955. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky. pp. 83–84. ISBN 978-0-8131-5693-4 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Commissioners of Agriculture". kyagr.com. Frankfort, KY: Kentucky Department of Agriculture. Retrieved September 29, 2021.
Political offices
Preceded by Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky
1951–1955
Succeeded by
Preceded by Kentucky State Treasurer
1964–1968
Succeeded by