** Elaine Chao, American politician and wife of Senator Mitch McConnell

The law was challenged as unconstitutional by groups and individuals including the California State Democratic Party, the National Rifle Association, and Republican Senator Mitch McConnell ( Kentucky ), the Senate Majority Whip.

Senator Bill Frist, Senator John McCain, and Republican Whip Senator Mitch McConnell jointly introduced this proposal.

In the United States Senate, Garrard County is represented by US Senator Mitch McConnell and US Senator Rand Paul.

Sheffield is the birthplace of Arthur Alexander, " country-soul pioneer " and songwriter, French horn player Willie Ruff, notable attorney, actor, former senator and presidential contender Fred Thompson, Watergate committee U. S. Senator Howell Heflin and U. S. Senator Mitch McConnell, whose father was working in nearby Athens, AL, when he was born in Sheffield.

* Mitch McConnell, U. S. Senator from Kentucky and Senate Minority Leader

In 1993, Chao married Mitch McConnell, the senior United States Senator from Kentucky and the Republican Leader of the United States Senate.

He is the father of U. S. Senator Mary Landrieu and of current New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu.

It also claims Ken Lucas, a former U. S. representative from the commonwealth's fourth congressional district, United Methodist Bishop Alfred W. Gwinn, current U. S. Senator Mitch McConnell, Carol Gatton, an automobile dealer executive and donor of the largest gift ever to the university, and Paul Chellgren, Chairman and CEO of Ashland Inc ..

Image: Mitch McConnell official photo. jpg | Mitch McConnell, U. S. Senator, current Senate Minority Leader

Addison Mitchell " Mitch " McConnell, Jr. ( born February 20, 1942 ) is the senior United States Senator from Kentucky.

The Second District was predominantly Democratic in terms of voter registration, and Lewis, named as a candidate by the state GOP leadership and Senator Mitch McConnell, was considered somewhat of a " sacrificial lamb ".

It was released from The Courier-Journal newspaper that Anne Northup was praised as a " formidable " candidate by the state's top Republican leader, long-time U. S Senator and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, although McConnell stopped short of an endorsement of any particular candidate.

Lucas narrowly defeated Davis in 2002, even as popular Republican Senator Mitch McConnell breezed to a fourth term in a big midterm cycle for Republicans.

In 2002, Fletcher was encouraged by Senator Mitch McConnell, the leader of Kentucky's Republican Party, to run for governor and formed an exploratory committee the same year.

Senator Mitch McConnell, the consensus leader of the Kentucky Republican Party, declined to make an endorsement in the primary, but conceded that Northup was " a formidable opponent ".

She chaired this group with Victorian Senator Mitch Fifield.

The case takes its name from Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, and the Federal Election Commission, the federal agency that oversees U. S. campaign finance laws.

The case was brought by groups such as the California Democratic Party and the National Rifle Association, and individuals including U. S. Senator Mitch McConnell, then the Senate Majority Whip, who argued that the legislation was an unconstitutional infringement on their First Amendment rights.

Long was the son of the flamboyant Louisiana governor and Senator Huey P. Long and Rose McConnell Long, who served about a year in the Senate following her husband's death.

In 1967, to gain experience on Capitol Hill, during his final semester of law school, McConnell was an intern for Senator John Sherman Cooper ( R-KY ).

The Republicans some weeks ago served notice through Senator Thruston B. Morton ( R ) of Kentucky, chairman of the Republican National Committee, that the Kennedy administration would be held responsible if the outcome in Laos was a coalition government susceptible of Communist domination.

* 1963 – Rand Paul, American politician, Junior Senator from Kentucky

There were a large number of potential candidates seen as having less support ; these included Vice President Adlai Stevenson of Illinois, Senator Joseph C. Blackburn of Kentucky, Senator Teller, and Bryan.

File: Clay. png | Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky

File: Clay. png | Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky

File: Clay. png | Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky

The compromise, drafted by Whig Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky and brokered by Clay and Democrat Stephen Douglas, avoided secession or civil war and reduced sectional conflict for four years.

The crisis worsened until 1833 when Clay, again a U. S. Senator re-elected by Kentucky in 1831, helped to broker a deal in Congress to lower the tariff gradually.

* Marlow Cook ( born July 27, 1926 ) is a former Republican United States Senator from Kentucky.

Clay was a member of the Virginia and Kentucky State legislatures, first cousin once removed of Henry Clay, U. S. Senator from Kentucky and Secretary of State in the 19th century.

Once that was accomplished, he was elected a U. S. Senator for Kentucky.

He was elected to the United States Senate from Kentucky in 1998 and served there from 1999 as the Republican junior U. S. Senator.

He served as a U. S. Representative and U. S. Senator from Kentucky and was the 14th Vice President of the United States ( 1857 – 1861 ), to date the youngest vice president in U. S. history, elected at age 35 and inaugurated at age 36.

A member of the prominent Breckinridge family of Kentucky, John C. Breckinridge was the grandson of John Breckinridge ( 1760 – 1806 ), who served as a Senator and Attorney General.

* Henry Clay, U. S. Secretary of State, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Kentucky State Senator.

It is named for " Ashland ", the home of Senator Henry Clay near Lexington, Kentucky.

Many notable legislators from across the country such as Senator Ted Kennedy, Speaker of the House Tip O ' Neill, and House Majority Leader Jim Wright and Congressman William H. Natcher among others came to his funeral which was held in Hindman, Kentucky at the Morton Combs Athletic Complex on the campus of Knott County Central High School.

* William J. Deboe ( June 30, 1849 – June 15, 1927 ), a Republican, was a U. S. Senator representing Kentucky from 1897 to 1903.

It was named after Colonel William Grayson Carter, a Kentucky state Senator.

The county is named for John Breckinridge ( 1760 – 1806 ), a former Kentucky Attorney General, state legislator, United States Senator, and United States Attorney General.

It was named in honor of Garrett Davis, a Congressman from Kentucky from March 4, 1839, till March 3, 1847, and later a US Senator from Kentucky.