28 Facts About Steve Henry

Steve Henry was born on October 8,1953 and is an American politician and orthopedic surgeon who was the 52nd Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky from 1995 through 2003.

Steve Henry twice ran unsuccessfully in statewide elections, finishing third in Democratic primaries for the United States Senate in 1998 and for Governor of Kentucky in 2007.

Steve Henry attended Western Kentucky University and was elected Student Body President in this second attempt, after losing a close election the preceding year to Jeff Costello.

Steve Henry attended the University of Louisville School of Medicine and became an orthopedic surgeon in Louisville, Kentucky.

Steve Henry played an instrumental role in the research, development, and use of breakthrough techniques using antibiotic beads.

Steve Henry's work was widely reported by several other national new organizations and won him personal recognition from General Norman Schwarzkopf.

In 1998, Henry ran for the United States Senate seat being vacated by Wendell H Ford.

Steve Henry finished third in the Democratic primary with 156,576 votes to 166,472 votes for former federal prosecutor Charlie Owen and 194,125 votes for eventual nominee Congressman Scotty Baesler.

In 2002 Steve Henry advocated legislation that would mandate healthier lunch options for Kentucky school children and limit junk food in public schools.

Henry served as lieutenant governor until late 2003, when Steve Pence was elected on the Republican ticket and succeeded Henry.

Steve Henry counter sued claiming that the University of Louisville employees had verified his presence at the procedures before he had signed the papers.

In 2003, Steve Henry settled the federal lawsuit by paying the federal government $162,000.

In 2000 and 2001 Steve Henry repaid the state for numerous improper charges.

Steve Henry blamed a Kentucky State Police trooper for his hotel stay during a beauty pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey, being charged to a state credit card.

Steve Henry was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 2000; Steve Henry ended up repaying $4,327 to the state for personal expenses of his that were charged to the state for him and his wife.

Steve Henry repaid the state $1,804 for almost 1,000 photos and video tapes made of him over a nine-month period, including his wedding, that were made by state employees.

Steve Henry repaid the state $1,800 for press packets for his wedding that were made by state employees at taxpayer expense.

Steve Henry repaid the state $1,800 for services related to his wedding rendered to him by state employees.

In September 2003, Steve Henry paid the federal government $162,000 to settle allegations that he defrauded Medicare and Medicaid over a period of more than four years while he was a teaching physician at University Hospital.

Subsequent to that case, Steve Henry continued to claim that he had made a pledge to donate $100,000 to his alma mater, Western Kentucky University, without explaining that he had withdrawn the pledge and had paid less than $5,900 toward the $100,000 he had pledged.

On March 16,2007, Leslie Holland, a former employee of Steve Henry, filed a complaint with the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance stating that Steve Henry broke state laws when he used a federal campaign account to spend money on his race for the state office of governor and used illegal corporate contributions for that purpose.

Steve Henry claimed in an interview that the problems listed in the audit consisted of only a small portion of the campaign's finances.

In June 2007, it was reported that Steve Henry was dismissed from the University of Louisville hospital faculty because of concerns about his attendance and performance and related liability problems.

Steve Henry had claimed that he was donating his salary from the university, but the university stated that Steve Henry had not been paid a salary since 1996.

In September 2009, Steve Henry settled charges related to campaign finance law violations, agreeing to a $10,000 fine and assuming personal responsibility for approximately $600,000 in loans he made during his campaign for governor.

Steve Henry was scheduled to enter guilty pleas on December 21,2009, to criminal charges related to campaign finance law violations.

Steve Henry ran as a candidate in the Democratic Primary for the 2007 election for Governor of Kentucky.

Steve Henry raised almost $1.5 million for the campaign, but approximately $700,000 of that was a loan from Henry to his own campaign.