Fred A. Vaughn

Fred A. Vaughn (December 8, 1876 – January 21, 1927) was an American educator, attorney, and politician who served as Secretary of State of Kentucky from 1920 to 1924. He also served as a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1904 to 1906 and Judge/Executive of Johnson County, Kentucky from 1913 to 1920. He was a member of the Republican Party.

Early life and education Fred A. Vaughn was born on December 8, 1876, in Paintsville, Johnson County, Kentucky, as the fifth child of H.S. Vaughn, a local politician, and Mary E. Burgess. He received a common education from Paintsville public schools. He attended the University of Kentucky and learned law at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. He then taught as a teacher at the Big Sandy Valley Seminary for 10 years. He married Mary Muir Halstead in 1914, they had no children.

Career In 1904, Vaughn was elected a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from Johnson and Martin counties. He served for one term from 1904 to 1906, when he was appointed chairman of the Republican campaign committee in Kentucky's 10th congressional district, which elected John W. Langley to serve as representative that year. He also served as Langley's assistant in Washington D.C. until 1909. For the next 10 years, he worked for the United States Census Bureau. He was buried at the Mayo Cemetery in Paintsville, Kentucky.