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Keen Johnson

1896 - 1970

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Keen Johnson (January 12, 1896 – February 7, 1970) was an American politician who served as the 45th Governor of Kentucky, serving from 1939 to 1943; being the only journalist to have held that office. After serving in World War I, Johnson purchased and edited the Elizabethtown Mirror newspaper. He revived the struggling paper, sold it to a competitor and used the profits to obtain his journalism degree from the University of Kentucky in 1922. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Keen Johnson has received more than 105,369 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Keen Johnson is the 16,673rd most popular politician, the 10,347th most popular biography from United States and the 682nd most popular American Politician.

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  • 15

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  • 2.18

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Keen Johnson ranks 16,673 out of 19,576. Before him are Mickey Kantor, Dan White, Volker Beck, Maxime Verhagen, Janusz Lewandowski, and Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst. After him are Albert Oldman, Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar, Suen-magir, Luciano Burti, Philip Dimitrov, and Pierre Jaccoud.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Keen Johnson ranks 254. Before him are Ian Wolfe, Herb Drury, Manuel Rojas, J. Carrol Naish, Adele Astaire, and Pavel Antokolsky. After him are V. K. Krishna Menon, Samuel Mosberg, Gösta Runö, Carl Abrahamsson, Marion Zinderstein, and Ralph Bagnold. Among people deceased in 1970, Keen Johnson ranks 244. Before him are Jun'ichi Kōuchi, Lillian Board, Maurice Stokes, John T. Scopes, Laura Knight, and William Hopper. After him are Teofilo Spasojević, Charles Olson, Feroz Khan Noon, Earl Eby, Chester Morris, and Marjorie Rambeau.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Keen Johnson ranks 10,347 out of 20,380. Before him are Louis Sachar (1954), Michael Lewis (1960), Lily Rabe (1982), Robert Blust (1940), Curt Schilling (1966), and Don Gordon (1926). After him are Ira Remsen (1846), George Nichols (1864), Dean Smith (1931), Stanley Anderson (1939), Harlan F. Stone (1872), and James Morrison (1954).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Keen Johnson ranks 682. Before him are Roland Burris (1937), Steven Mnuchin (1962), William Barr (1950), Happy Chandler (1898), Mickey Kantor (1939), and Dan White (1946). After him are George Clymer (1739), Chris Dodd (1944), LeRoy Pope Walker (1817), Thomas Mifflin (1744), John Langdon (1741), and John Edwards (1953).

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