Rodes K. Myers

Rodes Kirby Myers (June 29, 1900 – March 11, 1960)^[1] was an American politician who served as the 38th Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky 1939 to 1943.

Rodes K. Myers
Myers in 1940
38th Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky
In office December 12, 1939 – December 7, 1943
Governor	Keen Johnson
Preceded by	Keen Johnson
Succeeded by	Kenneth H. Tuggle
Personal details
Born	(1900-06-29)June 29, 1900 Bowling Green, Kentucky
Died	March 11, 1960(1960-03-11) (aged 59) Nashville, Tennessee
Political party	Democratic

Myers' hometown was Bowling Green, Kentucky. Myers was a Kentucky delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948 and 1956.

In 1939 Myers ran for Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky and won, serving 1939–43. Myers ran for Governor of Kentucky in 1943 but lost in the Democratic primary to J. Lyter Donaldson, who in turn lost to Republican Simeon S. Willis.

Myers died in 1960 and is buried at Fairview Cemetery in Bowling Green, Kentucky.