| LC control no. | n 85025116 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Wyatt, Wilson W. (Wilson Watkins), 1905-1996 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Louisville (Ky.) Washington (D.C.) |
| Birth date | 1905-11-21 |
| Death date | 1996-06-11 |
| Place of birth | Louisville (Ky.) |
| Place of death | Louisville (Ky.) |
| Affiliation | Kentucky State Bar Association United States. Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion. Housing Expediter University of Louisville Thomas Jefferson School of Law |
| Profession or occupation | Mayors Lieutenant governors Attorneys |
| Found in | His Whistle stops, c1985: CIP t.p. (Wilson W. Wyatt, Sr.) data sht. (Wyatt, Wilson W. (Watkins) Sr., b. 11/21/05) WWWA: v. 11 1993-1996 (Wyatt, Wilson Watkins; lawyer; b. Louisville Nov. 21, 1905; d. Louisville June 11, 1996) Kentucky encyclopedia, ©1992: page 970 (Wilson Wakins Wyatt; mayor of Louisville, Ky. and lieutenant governor. Attended University of Louisville for one year, then graduated from Louisville's Jefferson School of Law and was admitted to the bar. Served as secretary of the Kentucky Bar Association 1930-1934. Elected mayor of Louisville in 1941. President Truman appointed him housing expediter in the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion in January 1946. Returned a year later from D.C. to Louisville where he founded the law firm of Wyatt and Grafton. In 1962 he ran for U.S. Senate but lost to Thruston B. Morton.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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