The Story of Joe Bates from Hindman, Kentucky

Appalachian Figures Joseph Bengal "Joe B." Bates began life in a Knott County place that could not be more aptly named for a future courthouse politician, the little community of Republican. He took his first steps toward public life in one-room classrooms, then carried that training to Washington, where he became a steady, procedural voice on the House floor for nearly 15 years.