Interview with Tommy Carroll

Partial Transcript: Mr. Carroll, when did your first come to know Bert Combs?

Segment Synopsis: Carroll discusses the 1955 campaign and how he tried to help Combs win it.

Keywords: Carroll, Tot

Subjects: Chandler, Happy, 1898-1991 Combs, Bert T., 1911-1991 Elections Kentucky. Court of Appeals Lawyers Political campaigns

Partial Transcript: I was working for Combs and by the Fall of '58 was in close contact with Clements.

Segment Synopsis: Carroll discusses working for Combs' 1959 campaign. Around minute 24 he mentions that they were afraid that Chandler would change votes and that votes in some Eastern Kentucky counties were changed.

Keywords: Chandler, Happy; Combs, Bert; Cox, Lewis; Waterfield, Harry Lee

Subjects: Campaign management Clements, Earle C. (Earle Chester), 1896-1985 Political campaigns Sales tax Wyatt, Wilson W. (Wilson Watkins), 1905-1996

Partial Transcript: Now, getting into the administration itself, you didn't take a position in the administration?

Segment Synopsis: Carroll lists education funding and road construction as accomplishments of the Combs administration. He also talks about the truck deal and how he got caught in the middle of Combs and Clements.

Keywords: Clements, Earle; Combs, Bert; Truck deal

Subjects: Education--Kentucky--Finance Governors--Kentucky Roads--Construction Sales tax Toll roads

Partial Transcript: Combs quickly became a very lonely man in Cincinnati.

Segment Synopsis: Carroll says that he thinks Combs ran for governor in 1971 because he was miserable at his job as a Federal Judge. He thinks Combs lost the primary because he had gotten divorced and his campaign was poorly managed.

Keywords: Combs, Bert; Combs, Helena

Subjects: Campaign management Ford, Wendell H., 1924-2015 Governors--Kentucky Political campaigns United States. Court of Appeals (Federal Circuit)