Kenneth Albert Schmied (July 11, 1911 – April 5, 1973), a Republican, served as

Mayor of Louisville, Kentucky The history of Louisville, Kentucky, United States, as a city is considered to have started on February 13, 1828, the date of the first city charter. From the time of its first organization as a village, on February 7, 1781, until its incorporati ...

from 1965 until 1969. He was the last Republican to have held the office. The 1969 elections saw Democrat

Frank W. Burke Frank Welsh Burke (June 1, 1920 – June 28, 2007) was an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky from 1959 to 1963 and as Mayor of Louisville, Kentucky from 1969 to ...

win the mayor's office. Schmied is buried in

Cave Hill Cemetery Cave Hill Cemetery is a Victorian era National Cemetery and arboretum located at Louisville, Kentucky. Its main entrance is on Baxter Avenue and there is a secondary one on Grinstead Drive. It is the largest cemetery by area and number of buria ...

in Louisville.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schmied, Kenneth A. Mayors of Louisville, Kentucky 1911 births 1990 deaths 20th-century American politicians Burials at Cave Hill Cemetery