Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/John_Harper_(politician)> ?p ?o. }
- John_Harper_(politician) abstract "John R. Harper (May 3, 1930 - June 15, 2001) was a five-term member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from Bullitt County and the 1987 Republican nominee for governor of Kentucky. Harper agreed to run for governor after the expected choice of party leaders, Lexington attorney Larry Forgy, surprisingly dropped out of the race because of fundraising problems. Harper lost to Democrat Wallace G. Wilkinson in a record landslide. Wilkinson carried 115 of Kentucky's 120 counties and won 504,367 votes (64.9 percent) to Harper's 273,035 (35.1 percent). Of the five counties Harper carried, one was his home county of Bullitt, and another was Wilkinson's county of residence, Fayette.A son of David Harper and the former Frances Freeland, John Harper was a native of the Chicago suburb of Park Ridge, Illinois. The family subsequently moved to Louisville, where John Harper graduated from Louisville Male High School and was later named to the school's Hall of Fame. Harper was thereafter self-educated as an engineer and inventor, having held twenty-five patents. He served in the United States Air Force during the Korean War. Harper and his wife, the former Mary Catherine Wigginton, had three sons, the late I. W. Harper, Alex Harper, and David Harper.Harper's first run for office came in 1981, when he lost a bid to become Bullitt County's first Republican judge-executive. But he returned in 1984 to claim the House seat for the first of his five terms.In 1994, he was elected Bullitt County Judge/Executive, a historic victory as the first Republican to win that office, just as he had been the first Republican to win his House seat. Harper served only one term as county judge and declined to run for a second in 1998 because of declining health. After Harper's death in Louisville, his widow, Mary, won her husband's former House seat in 2002 and was re-elected to a second term in 2004.Harper died in Louisville at the age of seventy-one. A Roman Catholic, he is interred at Resthaven Memorial Park in Shepherdsville. Thereafter, the Kentucky House of Representatives passed a resolution to honor Harper.".
- John_Harper_(politician) activeYearsEndDate "1994-12-31".
- John_Harper_(politician) activeYearsStartDate "1985-01-01".
- John_Harper_(politician) almaMater Louisville_Male_High_School.
- John_Harper_(politician) battle Korean_War.
- John_Harper_(politician) birthDate "1930-05-03".
- John_Harper_(politician) birthPlace Cook_County,_Illinois.
- John_Harper_(politician) birthPlace Illinois.
- John_Harper_(politician) birthPlace Park_Ridge,_Illinois.
- John_Harper_(politician) birthPlace United_States.
- John_Harper_(politician) birthYear "1930".
- John_Harper_(politician) deathDate "2001-06-15".
- John_Harper_(politician) deathPlace Kentucky.
- John_Harper_(politician) deathPlace Louisville,_Kentucky.
- John_Harper_(politician) deathYear "2001".
- John_Harper_(politician) militaryBranch United_States_Air_Force.
- John_Harper_(politician) office "Kentucky State Representative from District 49 (suburban Bullitt County)".
- John_Harper_(politician) party Governor_of_Kentucky.
- John_Harper_(politician) party Republican_Party_(United_States).
- John_Harper_(politician) profession Engineer.
- John_Harper_(politician) profession Invention.
- John_Harper_(politician) religion Catholic_Church.
- John_Harper_(politician) residence Bullitt_County,_Kentucky.
- John_Harper_(politician) residence Kentucky.
- John_Harper_(politician) residence Shepherdsville,_Kentucky.
- John_Harper_(politician) termPeriod John_Harper_(politician)__1.
- John_Harper_(politician) wikiPageExternalLink bill.doc.
- John_Harper_(politician) wikiPageID "2973457".
- John_Harper_(politician) wikiPageRevisionID "578519187".
- John_Harper_(politician) after Larry_J._Hopkins.
- John_Harper_(politician) almaMater Louisville_Male_High_School.
- John_Harper_(politician) battles Korean_War.
- John_Harper_(politician) before Jim_Bunning.
- John_Harper_(politician) birthDate "1930-05-03".
- John_Harper_(politician) birthPlace Cook_County,_Illinois.
- John_Harper_(politician) birthPlace Park_Ridge,_Illinois.
- John_Harper_(politician) birthPlace "Illinois, USA".
- John_Harper_(politician) branch United_States_Air_Force.
- John_Harper_(politician) children "Alex Harper".
- John_Harper_(politician) children "David Harper".
- John_Harper_(politician) children "I. W. Harper".
- John_Harper_(politician) dateOfBirth "1930-05-03".
- John_Harper_(politician) dateOfDeath "2001-06-15".
- John_Harper_(politician) deathDate "2001-06-15".
- John_Harper_(politician) deathPlace Kentucky.
- John_Harper_(politician) deathPlace Louisville,_Kentucky.
- John_Harper_(politician) hasPhotoCollection John_Harper_(politician).
- John_Harper_(politician) name "Harper, John R.".
- John_Harper_(politician) name "John R. Harper".
- John_Harper_(politician) office Kentucky_House_of_Representatives.
- John_Harper_(politician) party Republican_Party_(United_States).
- John_Harper_(politician) party "Gubernatorial nominee, 1987".
- John_Harper_(politician) placeOfBirth Park_Ridge,_Illinois.
- John_Harper_(politician) placeOfDeath Louisville,_Kentucky.
- John_Harper_(politician) profession Engineer.
- John_Harper_(politician) profession Invention.
- John_Harper_(politician) religion Catholic_Church.
- John_Harper_(politician) residence "Bullitt County, Kentucky".
- John_Harper_(politician) residence "Shepherdsville".
- John_Harper_(politician) restingPlace "Resthaven Memorial Park in Shepherdsville, Kentucky".
- John_Harper_(politician) shortDescription "Kentucky politician".
- John_Harper_(politician) spouse "Mary Catherine Wigginton Harper".
- John_Harper_(politician) termEnd "1994-12-31".
- John_Harper_(politician) termStart "1985-01-01".
- John_Harper_(politician) title List_of_Republican_nominees_for_Governor_of_Kentucky.
- John_Harper_(politician) years "1987".
- John_Harper_(politician) description "Kentucky politician".
- John_Harper_(politician) description "Kentucky politician".
- John_Harper_(politician) subject Category:1930_births.
- John_Harper_(politician) subject Category:2001_deaths.
- John_Harper_(politician) subject Category:American_Roman_Catholics.
- John_Harper_(politician) subject Category:American_engineers.
- John_Harper_(politician) subject Category:American_inventors.
- John_Harper_(politician) subject Category:American_military_personnel_of_the_Korean_War.
- John_Harper_(politician) subject Category:Kentucky_Republicans.
- John_Harper_(politician) subject Category:Louisville_Male_High_School_alumni.
- John_Harper_(politician) subject Category:Members_of_the_Kentucky_House_of_Representatives.
- John_Harper_(politician) subject Category:People_from_Bullitt_County,_Kentucky.
- John_Harper_(politician) subject Category:People_from_Cook_County,_Illinois.
- John_Harper_(politician) subject Category:United_States_Air_Force_personnel.
- John_Harper_(politician) type Alumnus109786338.
- John_Harper_(politician) type AmericanEngineers.
- John_Harper_(politician) type AmericanInventors.
- John_Harper_(politician) type CausalAgent100007347.
- John_Harper_(politician) type Creator109614315.
- John_Harper_(politician) type Engineer109615807.
- John_Harper_(politician) type Holder110180178.
- John_Harper_(politician) type Intellectual109621545.
- John_Harper_(politician) type Inventor110214637.
- John_Harper_(politician) type LivingThing100004258.
- John_Harper_(politician) type LouisvilleMaleHighSchoolAlumni.
- John_Harper_(politician) type Object100002684.
- John_Harper_(politician) type Officeholder110371450.
- John_Harper_(politician) type Official110372373.
- John_Harper_(politician) type Organism100004475.
- John_Harper_(politician) type Owner110389398.
- John_Harper_(politician) type PeopleFromBullittCounty,Kentucky.
- John_Harper_(politician) type PeopleFromCookCounty,Illinois.
- John_Harper_(politician) type Person100007846.
- John_Harper_(politician) type PhysicalEntity100001930.