Draft:Kentucky Railroad Commission

The Kentucky Railroad Commission was an elected body of the Commonwealth of Kentucky that served as the chief decision-making authority concerning the railroads from the time of its creation in 1878 until it was abolished by a ballot amendment in 2000.

List of commissioners
1878


 * Henry D. McHenry (Chair)
 * Lucius Desha
 * William H. Pettus

1880


 * J. Fletcher Johnston (Chair)
 * C. H. Rochester
 * C. E. Kincaid

1882


 * D. Howard Smith (Chair)
 * Willis B. Machen
 * William M. Beckner

1884


 * J. P. Thompson (Chair)
 * John D. Young
 * A. R. Boone (Died January 27, 1886)
 * I. A. Spalding (Appointed to fill unexpired term of A. R. Boone)

1888


 * Ignatius A. Spalding (Chair)
 * W. B. Fleming
 * John F. Hager (resigned August 1891)
 * George M. Adams (Appointed to fill unexpired term of John F. Hager)

1892


 * C. C. McChord (Chair - resigned)
 * James N. Saunders (Appointed to fill unexpired term of C. C McChord)
 * Urey Woodson
 * Charles B. Poyntz

1895


 * John C. Wood (Chair)
 * H. S. Irwin
 * J. F. Dempsey

1899


 * C. C. McChord (Chair)
 * John C. Wood
 * J. F. Dempsey

1903


 * C.C. McChord (Chair - resigned)
 * W. P. Walton (Appointed to fill unexpired term of C. C. McChord)
 * McDougal Ferguson
 * Adam T. Siler

1907


 * Adam T. Siler (Chair)
 * McDougal Ferguson (Died June 17, 1909)
 * John P. Haswell Jr. (Appointed to fill unexpired term of McD. Ferguson, resigned December 1, 1909)
 * Laurence B. Finn (Appointed to fill unexpired term of John P. Haswell Jr.)
 * Lew P. Tarlton