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Lexington is a consolidated city coterminous with and the county seat of Fayette County, Kentucky, United States.As of the 2020 census the city's population was 322,570, making it the second-most populous city in Kentucky (after Louisville), the 14th-most populous city in the Southeast, and the 59th-most populous city in the United States.
Levi Todd (October 4, 1756 – September 6, 1807) was an 18th-century American pioneer who, with his brothers John and Robert Todd, helped found present-day Lexington, Kentucky and were leading prominent landowners and statesmen in the state of Kentucky prior to its admission into the United States in 1792.
1902 - Women's right to vote in school board elections in Lexington, Covington and Newport (Kentucky's second-class cities) was revoked by the Kentucky General Assembly. [29] Lexington's Representative William A. "Billy" Klair and Senator J. Embry Allen introduced and led the campaign to repeal the 1894 partial suffrage statute.
State representative, mayor of Lexington [33] Ben Revere: Major League Baseball player, Washington Nationals; played high school baseball in Lexington Sarah Rice: Singer, musician, actress and artist Kevin Richardson: Musician, Backstreet Boys Charles P. Roland: Historian Rubi Rose: Rapper Robbie Ross Jr. Major League Baseball player for the ...
This is a list of mayors of Lexington, Kentucky. [1] [2] The city and Fayette County governments were consolidated in 1974. [3] The current mayor is Linda Gorton, a registered Republican, elected in the nonpartisan 2018 mayoral election and reelected in the 2022 mayoral election. [4]
Organizations based in Lexington, Kentucky (2 C, 10 P) P. People from Lexington, Kentucky (1 C, 88 P) S. Sports in Lexington, Kentucky (5 C) T.
In 1937, he bought 127 acres in Lexington from Daniel Swigert and called it Spendthrift Farm in honor of Spendthift. [1] Together with his uncle Brownwell Combs, he owned Myrtle Charm and Myrtlewood. [1] He was also the breeder of Majestic Prince, later owned by Frank M. McMahon. [2]
Mary Todd Lincoln House in Lexington, Kentucky, USA, was the girlhood home of Mary Todd, the future first lady and wife of the 16th President, Abraham Lincoln.Today the fourteen-room house is a museum containing period furniture, portraits, and artifacts from the Todd and Lincoln families.