"1864 United States presidential election in Kentucky The 1864 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 8, 1864, as part of the 1864 United States presidential election. Kentucky voters chose eleven representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Kentucky was won by the 4th Commanding General of the United States Army George B. McClellan (D–Pennsylvania), running with Representative George H. Pendleton, with 69.83 percentof the popular vote against the incumbent President Abraham Lincoln (R-Illinois), running with former Senator and Military Governor of Tennessee Andrew Johnson, with 30.17 percent of the"
"Gatewood Galbraith Louis Gatewood Galbraith (January 23, 1947 – January 4, 2012) was an American author and attorney from the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky. He was a five-time political candidate for governor of Kentucky. Born in Carlisle, Kentucky to Henry Clay and Dollie Galbraith, on January 23, 1947, Gatewood was the fourth of seven children. He graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1974 and from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 1977. Galbraith's law practice focused on criminal law and personal injury civil actions. According to his Linkedin resume, he specialized in the difficult cases, and his"
"7, 1925 and is buried in Riverside Memorial Park in Spokane, Washington. Rickard D. Gwydir Major Rickard Daniel Gwydir (November 7, 1845–November 7, 1925) was a Confederate soldier, Indian agent, and early Washington pioneer. Gwydir was born in Calcutta, India to Richard McKenna Gwydir, a Protestant Irish soldier in the British Army, and Jane Prendible, also Irish. His father died of cholera when he was two, and his mother took him to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and later Brooklyn, New York City before settling in Kentucky in the 1850s. By that time she had remarried to"
"in Louisville, Kentucky, July 30, 1939. He was interred in Grove Hill Cemetery, Shelbyville, Kentucky. Ralph Waldo Emerson Gilbert Ralph Waldo Emerson Gilbert (January 17, 1882 – July 30, 1939) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, son of George Gilmore Gilbert. Born in Taylorsville, Kentucky, Gilbert attended the public schools and the University of Virginia at Charlottesville. He was graduated from the law school of the University of Louisville in 1901. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Shelbyville, Kentucky. Gilbert was elected judge of the Shelby County Court in 1910. He was reelected"
"3, 1857). After leaving Congress, he moved to Missouri, but returned to Kentucky and settled in Fayette County where he engaged in agricultural pursuits. He died near East Hickman, Kentucky in 1884 and was interred at Lexington Cemetery. Alexander Keith Marshall Alexander Keith Marshall (February 11, 1808 – April 28, 1884) was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born at Buck Pond, near Versailles, Kentucky. He completed preparatory studies and settled in Nicholasville, Kentucky. Studying medicine, he graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in 1844 and then engaged in the practice of"
"and Cincinnatus (1816 – 1888), both of whom were born in Lexington and achieved fame in their own right, particularly within Kentucky. According to one Kentucky Department of Highways plaque, the ""[b]est known surname in Kentucky architecture is Shryock."" In all, Mathias Shryock fathered a total of ten children. Shryock died of cholera and is buried in Lexington, Kentucky. Mathias Shryock Mathias or Matthias Shryock (born near Frederick, Maryland, 1774 – died in Lexington, Kentucky, 1833) was an early American architect and building contractor. Shryock was born in Maryland, where he married in 1798, but moved to Kentucky, eventually settling"
"1883 – March 3, 1887). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress. He continued the practice of law in Columbia, Kentucky, until his death there August 2, 1895. He was interred in Columbia Cemetery. Frank Lane Wolford Frank Lane Wolford (September 2, 1817 – August 2, 1895) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. Born near Columbia, Kentucky, Wolford attended the common schools. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Liberty, Kentucky. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1847, 1848, 1865, and 1866. During"
"in Guatemala but later was interred in the State Cemetery, Frankfort, Kentucky, after an act of the Kentucky Legislature. Through his daughter Pauline, he was the grandfather of nine grandchildren of whom six survived. Beverly L. Clarke Beverly Leonidas Clarke (February 11, 1809 – March 17, 1860) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. He was known for his ""sterling integrity, gentlemanly manners, and polished oratory."" Clarke was born in Winterfield, Chesterfield County, Virginia on February 11, 1809. Clarke attended the common school and moved to Kentucky in 1823. He studied law in Franklin, Kentucky, and graduated from the Lexington Law"
"in Washington, D.C., April 16, 1950. He was interred in Odd Fellows Cemetery in Madisonville, Kentucky. David Hayes Kincheloe David Hayes Kincheloe (April 9, 1877 – April 16, 1950) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky and served as a Judge for the United States Customs Court. Born near Sacramento, Kentucky, Kincheloe attended the public schools and received a Bachelor of Science degree from Bowling Green College, Kentucky, in 1898. He read law, was admitted to the bar in 1899, and commenced practice in Calhoun, Kentucky. He served as prosecuting attorney of McLean County 1902-1906. He moved to Madisonville in 1906"
"to 1873, Bushnell served as Illinois Attorney General. In 1880, Bushnell was a candidate for the United States House of Representatives and lost the nomination. Bushnell died of heart failure at his home in Ottawa, Illinois. Washington Bushnell Washington Bushnell (September 20, 1825 – June 30, 1885) was an American lawyer and politician. Born in Madison County, New York, Bushnell and his family moved to Kendall County, Illinois and settled in Lisbon, Illinois. In 1853, Bushnell graduated from the State and National Law School in Poughkeepsie, New York and was admitted to the New York bar. He moved to Ottawa,"
"arrival in Washington DC in 1880, ending a career in politics and public service. He is buried in Rose Hill Cemetery. Carey W. Henderson Carey Wayland Henderson (1844-1880) was a mayor of Bloomington, Indiana at the age of 32 years old. He served from 1876-1878. He was also a member of the Knights of Pythias. He was born in Putnamville, Indiana. By occupation he was an attorney and a law clerk for the Post Office Department in Washington DC in 1880. He also served as a clerk in his younger years with the Indiana Legislature. Henderson was a graduate of"
"Wayman Crow Wayman Crow (1808–1885) was one of the founders of Washington University, a St. Louis businessman, and a politician. Born in Hartford, Kentucky on March 7, 1808, Crow was the youngest of eight children. His parents, Joshua and Mary Wayman Crow, came to Kentucky from Maryland. Joshua practiced law until his death in 1830. Until Wayman was twelve, he attended the Hopkinsville, Kentucky country school. At that point, he became an apprentice to a dry goods storekeeper, Strother J. Hawkins. At Hawkins' store, Wayman learned bookkeeping and how to run a business while working at the store and sleeping"
"on May 18, 1897. He was interred in Linden Grove Cemetery. William Evans Arthur William Evans Arthur (March 3, 1825 – May 18, 1897) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. William E. Arthur was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on March 3, 1825. He was the son of William and Eliza (Parsons) Arthur. In 1832, the family moved to Covington, Kentucky. Two years later, Arthur's father died. Arthur received his early education in private schools and from private tutors in Covington and Harford County, Maryland. He then studied law under John W. Stevenson and James Turner Morehead. He was admitted to"
"in 1892. He was buried in St. Augustine's Cemetery. Clement S. Hill Clement Sidney Hill (February 13, 1813 – January 5, 1892) was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born near Lebanon, Kentucky. He pursued academic studies and attended St. Mary's College, St. Mary, Kentucky. Later, he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1837 and commenced practice in Lebanon, Kentucky. Hill was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1839. He was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855). After leaving Congress, he resumed the"
"for reelection in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress. He resumed the practice of law in Washington, D.C., and was admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court in 1894. He moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1925, and to Seattle, Washington, in 1935, having retired from active law practice in 1925. He died in Seattle, Washington, April 14, 1936. He was interred in Harshbarger Cemetery, near Ladoga, Indiana. Elijah V. Brookshire Elijah Voorhees Brookshire (August 15, 1856 – April 14, 1936) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana. Born near Ladoga, Indiana, Brookshire attended the common schools, and was graduated"
"interred in the family cemetery at London, Kentucky. William H. Randall William Harrison Randall (July 15, 1812 – August 1, 1881) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. Born near Richmond, Kentucky, Randall completed preparatory studies. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in London, Kentucky, in 1835. He served as clerk of the circuit court and county court of Laurel County 1836–1844. Randall was elected as an Unconditional Unionist to the Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867). He served as district judge of the fifteenth Kentucky district 1870–1880. He died"
"remains were moved to the Frankfort Cemetery, by the state capitol, and the Commonwealth erected a marker over his grave there. In addition to Adair County in Kentucky, Adair County, Missouri, Adair County, Iowa, and the towns of Adairville, Kentucky, and Adair, Iowa, were named in his honor. John Adair John Adair (January 9, 1757 – May 19, 1840) was an American pioneer, soldier, and politician. He was the eighth Governor of Kentucky and represented the state in both the U.S. House and Senate. A native of South Carolina, Adair enlisted in the state militia and served in the Revolutionary"
"US Congress, and thereafter returned to the practice of law. He died in Liberty on May 5, 1896 and was buried in Brown Cemetery in Humphrey. His legacy continues with his family as today some hold an Honorary Kentucky Colonelship. Known descendants currently live in Kentucky and California. Silas Adams Silas Adams (February 9, 1839 – May 5, 1896) was a lawyer and politician from Kentucky. He was born in Pulaski County, Kentucky on February 9, 1839, and moved to Casey County with his parents in 1841. He attended Kentucky University at Harrodsburg, Transylvania University, and Lexington Law School. He"
"his architectural practice in Louisville. A number of their works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Works include (with attribution): E.T. Hutchings Eusebius Theodore Hutchings (March 19, 1886 - November 30, 1958), commonly known as E. T. Hutchings, was an American architect in Louisville, Kentucky. Hutchings was born in Louisville in 1886. He attended Kentucky State University and Cornell University. He also studied architecture in Hanover, Germany. He was the son of an architect, John Bacon Hutchings (1859-1916), and in 1909, he began practicing as an architect with his father as John Bacon Hutchings & Sons."
"as floor leader. He served as commissioner of motor transportation for State of Kentucky 1948-1951. Watts was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-second Congress, by special election, April 4, 1951, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Thomas R. Underwood. He was reelected to the ten succeeding Congresses and served from April 4, 1951, until his death from a stroke in Lexington, Kentucky on September 24, 1971. He was interred in Maple Grove Cemetery, Nicholasville, Kentucky. John C. Watts John Clarence Watts (July 9, 1902 – September 24, 1971) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. Born in"
"Charles K. Wheeler Charles Kennedy Wheeler (April 18, 1863 – June 15, 1933) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. Charles K. Wheeler was born near Hopkinsville in Christian County, Kentucky. He was the youngest of twelve children born to Dr. James and Elizabeth (Watkins) Wheeler. His father was a doctor who immigrated from England around 1830. Wheeler received his early education from a private tutor. At age seventeen, he graduated from Southwestern University in Clarksville, Tennessee (now Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee). He then studied law at Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee, graduating in 1880. He was admitted to the"
"1893. He was interred in Maysville Cemetery. William H. Wadsworth William Henry Wadsworth (July 4, 1821 – April 2, 1893) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. Born in Maysville, Kentucky, Wadsworth attended town and county private schools. He studied law and graduated from Augusta College, Bracken County, Kentucky, in 1841. He was admitted to the bar in 1844 and commenced practice in Maysville, Kentucky. He served as member of the State senate 1853-1856. He served as presidential elector on the Constitutional Union ticket in 1860. Wadsworth was elected as a Unionist to the Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1861"
"Frank W. Burke Frank Welsh Burke (June 1, 1920 – June 29, 2007) was an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky from 1959 to 1963 and as Mayor of Louisville, Kentucky from 1969 to 1973. Burke was born in Louisville, Kentucky and educated in parochial schools there, graduating from St. Xavier High School. He attended the University of Southern California and received a degree from Xavier University and a law degree from the University of Louisville. He began practicing law in Louisville in 1948. Burke served in the United"
"Martinsville, Indiana and is buried in Louisville's Cave Hill Cemetery. Douglass Sherley George Douglass Sherley (1857–1917) was an author, journalist, and poet. Sherley was born and lived in Louisville, Kentucky. He was born into a wealthy family with interests in railroad companies, and inherited the family's estate. He graduated from Centre College, and then studied law at the University of Virginia. He worked as a journalist for the ""Louisville Courier-Journal"" beginning in the 1870s despite his millionaire status. He wrote poetry and short stories which he published using his own wealth during the 1880s. His works received little attention until"
"Opportunity Act of 1964 and Head Start. The local Head Start in his home city of Hindman, Kentucky is named after Congressman Perkins. Perkins was the only congressman from Kentucky to vote in favour of the Civil Rights Act in 1964. Carl D. Perkins died August 3, 1984, in Lexington, Kentucky after complaining of feeling ill on a flight from Washington. He fell ill on the plane and was pronounced dead of a heart attack on arrival at St. Joseph's Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. His funeral was widely attended as he was widely regarded as a popular Kentucky politician over"
"Rickard D. Gwydir Major Rickard Daniel Gwydir (November 7, 1845–November 7, 1925) was a Confederate soldier, Indian agent, and early Washington pioneer. Gwydir was born in Calcutta, India to Richard McKenna Gwydir, a Protestant Irish soldier in the British Army, and Jane Prendible, also Irish. His father died of cholera when he was two, and his mother took him to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and later Brooklyn, New York City before settling in Kentucky in the 1850s. By that time she had remarried to Daniel Ruttle. In 1861, at the age of 16, Gwydir enlisted in"
"He was interred in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky. Harvey Samuel Irwin Harvey Samuel Irwin (December 10, 1844 – September 3, 1916) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. Born in Highland County, Ohio, Irwin attended the public schools. He was graduated from the high school of Greenfield, Ohio. He studied law, but abandoned the same to enlist in the Union Army during the Civil War. Assisted in raising a regiment of Artillery and was commissioned a lieutenant. Transferred to a special corps in the Regular Army, in which he served until the close of the war. He settled in Louisville,"
"1851). After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of law and also engaged in agricultural pursuits. He moved to Andrew County, Missouri in 1860 and engaged in farming until 1865. Later, he relocated to Greencastle, Indiana in 1865 in which city he died in 1881. He was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery. Finis McLean Finis Ewing McLean (February 19, 1806 – April 12, 1881) was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was the brother of John McLean and uncle of James David Walker. Born near Russellville, Kentucky, he attended the country schools and Lebanon Academy in Logan County, Kentucky."
"Lawrence Wetherby Lawrence Winchester Wetherby (January 2, 1908 – March 27, 1994) was an American politician who served as Lieutenant Governor and Governor of Kentucky. He is the only governor in state history born in Jefferson County, despite the fact that Louisville (that county's seat) is the state's most populous city. After graduating from the University of Louisville, Wetherby held several minor offices in the Jefferson County judicial system before being elected lieutenant governor in 1947. He was called Kentucky's first ""working"" lieutenant governor because Governor Earle C. Clements asked him to carry out duties beyond his constitutional responsibility to"
"Carl D. Perkins Carl Dewey Perkins (October 15, 1912 – August 3, 1984), a Democrat, was a politician and member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Kentucky serving from 1949 until his death from a heart attack in Lexington, Kentucky in 1984. Carl Dewey Perkins was born in Hindman, Kentucky on October 15, 1912, to Dora Calhoun Perkins and James Perkins. Perkins attended high school at Hindman High School and Caney Junior College (now Alice Lloyd College). He worked as a teacher in a Knott County School for 90 students. He then went on to"
"was elected to the U.S. Senate, but died five days later before he could take office. Menifee County, Kentucky, despite the spelling discrepancy, is named in his honor. Richard Hickman Menefee was born on December 4, 1809 in Owingsville, Kentucky. He was the third of five sons born to Richard and Mary (Longsdale) Menefee. His father was an Irish potter who immigrated to Kentucky from Virginia in the 1790s and became one of the founders of the city of Owingsville. Despite a limited education, the elder Richard Menefee was elected to multiple terms in the Kentucky House of Representatives and"
"available online. John C. Underwood John Cox Underwood (September 12, 1840 – October 29, 1913) was an American civil engineer, Confederate veteran, journalist and the 21st Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky (serving in that capacity from 1875 to 1879). Underwood was born in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. on September 12, 1840, the son of U.S. Representative Joseph Rogers Underwood (1791-1876) and his second wife, Elizabeth Threlkeld Cox (1818-1884). His grandfather John Cox (1775-1849) was the mayor of Georgetown (and a slaveholder) from 1823 until 1845, before it was annexed into Washington, D.C. He attended local private schools, then Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in"
"Charles G. Conn Charles Gerard Conn (January 29, 1844 – January 5, 1931) was an entrepreneur, band instrument manufacturer, newspaper publisher, and U.S. Representative from Indiana. Charles Gerard Conn was born in Phelps, New York, on January 29, 1844. In 1850, he accompanied his family to Three Rivers, Michigan, and in the following year to Elkhart, Indiana. Little is known about his early life, other than that he learned to play the cornet. With the outbreak of the American Civil War he enlisted in the United States Army on May 18, 1861 at the age of seventeen, despite his parents'"