Ni 1951, Gomina Lawrence Wetherby yan u lati kun aaye kan lori Kentucky Court of Appeals. Lẹyin ọdun yẹn, a yan u si akoko kikun lori ile-ẹjọ, o ṣẹgun gomina ati adajọ atijọ Simeon S. Willis. Ẹgbẹ Democratic ti Kentucky ti pin si awọn ẹgbẹ meji nipasẹ 1955 nigbati Earle C. Clements, olori ẹgbẹ kan, yan Combs lati koju gomina ati Alakoso AMẸRIKA atijọ A. B. "Happy" Chandler, ti o jẹ olori, ninu awọn miiran, ni akọkọ alakoso akọkọ.
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