Eldon Steven Dummit (August 6, 1896 – May 4, 1973)[1] was an American politician and attorney from Kentucky.
Dummit was born and raised on a farm in southwest Missouri.
[3][4] Dummit was nominated to succeed Simeon Willis, the last Republican governor of Kentucky since Flem D. Sampson.
Dummit was also the last Republican to be the Attorney General of Kentucky until Daniel Cameron, the state's first African American attorney general, was elected in 2019.
Clements went on to serve in the United States Senate after serving as governor, and Kentucky did not elect another Republican governor until Louie Nunn in 1967.