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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Kenneth Albert Schmied
|office=[[Mayor]] of<br> [[Louisville]], [[Kentucky]]
|term_start=December 1965
|term_end=December 1969
|preceded=[[William O. Cowger]]
|succeeded=Frank Welsh Burke
|birth_date=July 11, 1911
|death_date=April 5, 1973 (aged 61)
|resting_place=Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|spouse=Ethel Harlamert Schmied}}
'''Kenneth Albert Schmied''' (July 11, 1911 – April 5, 1973) was the last [[Republican Party|Republican]] to have served as the [[mayor]] of the now heavily [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] city of [[Louisville]], [[Kentucky]]. He filled the position for a single term from 1965 to 1969, having succeeded another [[Moderate Republican]], [[William O. Cowger]], the mayor from 1961 to 1965. Since Schmied left office, only Democrats have won election as Louisville mayor and as Metro Mayor, a position created in 2003.
Schmied and Cowger were the only Republicans to serve as mayor from 1933 to the present.
In 1969, the Democrat Frank Welsh Burke (1920-2007) succeeded Schmied.<ref>{{cite web|title=UofL Libraries:Mayors of Louisville|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070427000425/http://library.louisville.edu/government/states/kentucky/kyplaces/louisville/mayors/mayors.html|title=Mayors of Louisville|publisher=ibrary.louisville.edu|accessdate=September 18, 2021}}</ref>
Schmied died in 1990 and is interred at Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville, along with his wife, the former Ethel Harlamert (1914-2000).<ref>Kenneth Allen Schmied (1911-1973) - Find A Grave Memorial, "Allen" should be "Albert," accessed September 18, 2021.</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Kentucky]]
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[[Category:Republicans]]
|name=Kenneth Albert Schmied
|office=[[Mayor]] of<br> [[Louisville]], [[Kentucky]]
|term_start=December 1965
|term_end=December 1969
|preceded=[[William O. Cowger]]
|succeeded=Frank Welsh Burke
|birth_date=July 11, 1911
|death_date=April 5, 1973 (aged 61)
|resting_place=Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|spouse=Ethel Harlamert Schmied}}
'''Kenneth Albert Schmied''' (July 11, 1911 – April 5, 1973) was the last [[Republican Party|Republican]] to have served as the [[mayor]] of the now heavily [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] city of [[Louisville]], [[Kentucky]]. He filled the position for a single term from 1965 to 1969, having succeeded another [[Moderate Republican]], [[William O. Cowger]], the mayor from 1961 to 1965. Since Schmied left office, only Democrats have won election as Louisville mayor and as Metro Mayor, a position created in 2003.
Schmied and Cowger were the only Republicans to serve as mayor from 1933 to the present.
In 1969, the Democrat Frank Welsh Burke (1920-2007) succeeded Schmied.<ref>{{cite web|title=UofL Libraries:Mayors of Louisville|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070427000425/http://library.louisville.edu/government/states/kentucky/kyplaces/louisville/mayors/mayors.html|title=Mayors of Louisville|publisher=ibrary.louisville.edu|accessdate=September 18, 2021}}</ref>
Schmied died in 1990 and is interred at Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville, along with his wife, the former Ethel Harlamert (1914-2000).<ref>Kenneth Allen Schmied (1911-1973) - Find A Grave Memorial, "Allen" should be "Albert," accessed September 18, 2021.</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Schmied, Kenneth}}
[[Category:Kentucky]]
[[Category:Mayors]]
[[Category:Republicans]]