# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lawrence-wetherby
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:38:56.611Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lawrence-wetherby"
name: "Lawrence Wetherby"
slug: "lawrence-wetherby"
description: "Lawrence Winchester Wetherby was an American politician who served as 40th lieutenant governor and the 48th governor of Kentucky. He was the first of only two Kentucky governors born in Jefferson County, despite the fact that Louisville is the state's most populous city. The second governor born in Jefferson County is the incumbent governor, Democrat Andy Beshear, who grew up in the Lexington area. Two other governors have been elected when residents of Jefferson: Republicans Augustus Willson, 1907–11, and Matt Bevin, 2015–19."
tagline: "American politician (1908–1994)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lawrence-Wetherby.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1908-01-02"
deathDate: "1994-03-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Lawrence Wetherby"
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    title: "Lawrence Wetherby"
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    title: "Lawrence Wetherby"
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    title: "לורנס ות'רבי"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump