Photograph of some members of the Kentucky Delegation to the 1920 Democratic National Convention at which Laura Clay and Cora Wilson Stewart were nominated as candidate for President - left to right:
Laura Clay (Lexington), Nora Layne (Fort Thomas), C.J. Sipple (or perhaps J. Crepps Wickliffe Beckham of Lexington?), Cora Wilson Stewart (Frankfort), Ben Johnson (Bardstown), Alben W. Barkley (Paducah, riding side saddle on the donkey), Arthur W. Rhorer (Middlesboro), Desha Breckinridge (Lexington), and Nora Layne's son (crouching in front).
The full list of the delegation can be at http://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/KY.html.
Image provided by John R. Rhorer, Jr. from his private collection of memorabilia from his grandfather, Arthur W. Rhorer. According to Mr. Rhorer, his grandfather was a lawyer and historian who had graduated from Centre College in 1905. Arthur's father, Moses Rhorer, moved to Middlesboro from Adair County in the 1880s during the first coalboom.
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