C. B. Embry | |
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![]() Embry waving to a crowd in 2015 | |
Member of the
Kentucky Senate from the 6th district | |
In office January 1, 2015 – September 26, 2022 | |
Preceded by | Jerry Rhoads |
Succeeded by | Lindsey Tichenor (redistricting) |
Member of the
Kentucky House of Representatives from the 17th district | |
In office January 1, 2003 – January 1, 2015 | |
Preceded by | Willard Allen |
Succeeded by | Jim DeCesare |
Personal details | |
Born | Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. | July 29, 1941
Died | September 29, 2022 Bowling Green, Kentucky, U.S. | (aged 81)
Political party | Republican |
Residence | Morgantown, Kentucky |
Alma mater |
Duke University Kentucky Wesleyan College University of Kentucky University of Louisville Western Kentucky University ( B.S.) 1963 |
Carlos Brogdon Embry Jr. (July 29, 1941 – September 29, 2022) was an American politician and a Republican member of the Kentucky Senate representing District 6 from January 1, 2015, until September 26, 2022, when he resigned due to cancer. [1] [2] He previously served in the Kentucky House of Representatives starting on January 1, 2003, and leaving office on January 1, 2015, to serve in the Kentucky Senate. Embry was a mayor of Beaver Dam, Kentucky from 1970 until 1973. Embry died three days after his resignation from the senate for health reasons at a hospice in Bowling Green, at the age of 81. [3] [4]
Embry attended Duke University, Kentucky Wesleyan College, University of Kentucky, and University of Louisville, and earned his B.S. in English and geography from Western Kentucky University.
On September 26, 2022, Embry resigned, resulting in the Kentucky Senate District 6 seat becoming vacant. On November 8, 2022, Republican nominee Lindsey Tichenor defeated write-in Democratic candidate Brian Easley. Tichenor was sworn in on January 1, 2023, officially replacing Embry in the Kentucky Senate. [5]
C. B. Embry | |
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![]() Embry waving to a crowd in 2015 | |
Member of the
Kentucky Senate from the 6th district | |
In office January 1, 2015 – September 26, 2022 | |
Preceded by | Jerry Rhoads |
Succeeded by | Lindsey Tichenor (redistricting) |
Member of the
Kentucky House of Representatives from the 17th district | |
In office January 1, 2003 – January 1, 2015 | |
Preceded by | Willard Allen |
Succeeded by | Jim DeCesare |
Personal details | |
Born | Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. | July 29, 1941
Died | September 29, 2022 Bowling Green, Kentucky, U.S. | (aged 81)
Political party | Republican |
Residence | Morgantown, Kentucky |
Alma mater |
Duke University Kentucky Wesleyan College University of Kentucky University of Louisville Western Kentucky University ( B.S.) 1963 |
Carlos Brogdon Embry Jr. (July 29, 1941 – September 29, 2022) was an American politician and a Republican member of the Kentucky Senate representing District 6 from January 1, 2015, until September 26, 2022, when he resigned due to cancer. [1] [2] He previously served in the Kentucky House of Representatives starting on January 1, 2003, and leaving office on January 1, 2015, to serve in the Kentucky Senate. Embry was a mayor of Beaver Dam, Kentucky from 1970 until 1973. Embry died three days after his resignation from the senate for health reasons at a hospice in Bowling Green, at the age of 81. [3] [4]
Embry attended Duke University, Kentucky Wesleyan College, University of Kentucky, and University of Louisville, and earned his B.S. in English and geography from Western Kentucky University.
On September 26, 2022, Embry resigned, resulting in the Kentucky Senate District 6 seat becoming vacant. On November 8, 2022, Republican nominee Lindsey Tichenor defeated write-in Democratic candidate Brian Easley. Tichenor was sworn in on January 1, 2023, officially replacing Embry in the Kentucky Senate. [5]