Kentucky Governor. Graduating from Tusculum College Tennessee, in 1872, he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1874 and established a legal practice in Barbourville, Kentucky. Entering politics, he was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives, (1876-77), Knox County superintendent of public schools in 1884, the state's first assistant attorney general in 1915 and served as Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, (1915-19). When Governor Augustus O. Stanley resigned from office, Black assumed the duties as a Democrat the 39th Kentucky Governor, serving May 19, 1919 to December 9, 1919. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he served as Kentucky's chief prohibition inspector, was president of the Barbourville National Bank and was director of the Barbourville Cemetery Company. He died from pneumonia at age 88.
Kentucky Governor. Graduating from Tusculum College Tennessee, in 1872, he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1874 and established a legal practice in Barbourville, Kentucky. Entering politics, he was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives, (1876-77), Knox County superintendent of public schools in 1884, the state's first assistant attorney general in 1915 and served as Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, (1915-19). When Governor Augustus O. Stanley resigned from office, Black assumed the duties as a Democrat the 39th Kentucky Governor, serving May 19, 1919 to December 9, 1919. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he served as Kentucky's chief prohibition inspector, was president of the Barbourville National Bank and was director of the Barbourville Cemetery Company. He died from pneumonia at age 88.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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