Richard Pretlow Ernst was a U.S. Senator

United States Senate

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 from Kentucky

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 who served from 1921 to 1927. He was a Republican

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. Ernst graduated from Centre College

Centre College

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 in 1878 and got his law degree from the Cincinnati Law School in 1880. That year, he was admitted to the bar

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 and began practicing law in Cincinnati, Ohio

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 and Covington, Kentucky

Covington, Kentucky

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 43,370 people, 18,257 households, and 10,132 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,301.3 people per square mile . There were 20,448 housing units at an average density of 1,556.5 per square mile...

. He served on the Covington city council from 1888 to 1892 and ran (unsuccessfully) for election to Congress

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 in 1896.

After his election to the Senate in 1920, Ernst served on the Committee on the Revision of the Laws, the Committee on Patents, and the Committee on Privileges and Elections. He was defeated in his bid for re-election in 1926 and returned to practicing law in Cincinnati.

YMCA Camp Ernst, a YMCA

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 summer camp

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 in Burlington, Kentucky

Burlington, Kentucky

Burlington is a census-designated place in and the county seat of Boone County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 10,779, at the 2000 census.-Geography:...

, is named after Senator Ernst, who provided the camp with its first 100 acres (0.4 km²) of land.

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