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'''Kentucky''', the Bluegrass State, entered the [[United States of America|Union]] in 1792, making it the fifteenth state. Kentucky's capital is [[Frankfort]], and the largest city is [[Louisville]], with a Metro population surpassing 1,000,000. Kentucky is famous for many things, including the [[Kentucky Derby]], [[bourbon]], Kentucky Fried Chicken, [[coal]], bluegrass music, boxing great [[Muhammad Ali]], the basketball program at the [[University of Kentucky]], and [[conservative]] Senator [[Rand Paul]].  President [[Donald Trump]] won Kentucky by 30% in 2016, the largest margin of victory for a [[Republican]] presidential candidate there in more than 40 years.
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'''Kentucky''', the Bluegrass State, entered the [[United States of America|Union]] in 1792, making it the fifteenth state. Kentucky's capital is [[Frankfort]], and the largest city is [[Louisville]], with a Metro population surpassing 1,000,000. Kentucky is famous for many things, including the [[Kentucky Derby]], [[bourbon]], Kentucky Fried Chicken, [[coal]], bluegrass music, boxing great [[Muhammad Ali]], the basketball program at the [[University of Kentucky]], and [[conservative]] Senator [[Rand Paul]].  President [[Donald Trump]] won Kentucky by 30 percent in 2016, the largest margin of victory for a [[Republican Party|Republican]] presidential candidate there in more than forty years.
    
The state Constitution of Kentucky, like all of the other 50 states, acknowledges God or our Creator or the ''Sovereign Ruler of the Universe''.  It says:
 
The state Constitution of Kentucky, like all of the other 50 states, acknowledges God or our Creator or the ''Sovereign Ruler of the Universe''.  It says:
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===See also===
 
===See also===
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*[[A. B. "Happy" Chandler]], U.S. Senator, governor, baseball commissioner
 
*[[Marlow Cook]], U.S. Senator from 1968 to 1974
 
*[[Marlow Cook]], U.S. Senator from 1968 to 1974
 
*[[Walter Huddleston]], U.S. Senator from 1973 to 1985
 
*[[Walter Huddleston]], U.S. Senator from 1973 to 1985
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