Edwin R. Denney

Edwin Ray Denney (March 8, 1904 - June 22, 1986) was the Republican nominee for Governor of Kentucky in 1955. He lost the general election to Democrat Happy Chandler, who won his second non-consecutive term as governor in that election. Denney won 322,671 votes (41.7%) to Chandler's 451,647 (58.3%). Chandler's victory margin of 129,000 votes was the largest landslide in the Kentucky gubernatorial elections up to that time. Denney died on June 22, 1986, at the age of 82.