Senator | Republican | BAKER, HOWARD HENRY, (Husband of Irene Bailey Baker and father of Howard Henry Baker, Jr.), a Representative from Tennessee; born in Somerset, Pulaski County, Ky., January 12, 1902; moved with his parents to Huntsville, Scott County, Tenn.; attended the public schools of Scott and Knox Counties, Tenn.; was graduated from the… Continue reading Howard Baker
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John Wilder
Lt. Governor | Democrat | John Wilder on Wikipedia
Sam Houston
Governor | Democrat-Republican | HOUSTON, SAMUEL, (Father of Andrew Jackson Houston and cousin of David Hubbard), a Representative from Tennessee and a Senator from Texas; born at Timber Ridge Church, near Lexington, Va., March 2, 1793; moved about 1808 with his widowed mother to Blount County, Tenn.; attended Maryville Academy (now Maryville College), Maryville, Tenn.;… Continue reading Sam Houston
Ben Chandler
Auditor / Comptroller | Democrat | Ben Chandler on Wikipedia Ben Chandler on OurCampaigns.com
Thelma Stovall
Treasurer | Democrat | Thelma Stovall on Wikipedia
John Crittenden
Secretary of State | Whig | CRITTENDEN, JOHN NORDAN, (uncle of Thomas Theodore Crittenden), a Senator and a Representative from Kentucky; born near Versailles, Woodford County, Ky., September 10, 1786; completed preparatory studies; attended Pisgah Academy, Woodford County, Ky., Washington College (now Washington and Lee University), Lexington, Va., and graduated from William and Mary College,… Continue reading John Crittenden
John Breckinridge
Attorney General | Democrat-Republican | BRECKINRIDGE, JOHN, (Brother of James Breckinridge, grandfather of John Cabell Breckinridge and William Campbell Preston Breckinridge, great-grandfather of Clifton Rodes Breckinridge, great-great-grandfather of John Bayne Breckinridge, cousin of John Brown, James Brown, and Francis Preston), a Senator from Kentucky; born near Staunton, Augusta County, Va., December 2, 1760; educated at… Continue reading John Breckinridge
Matthew Lyon
Representative | Democrat-Republican | LYON, MATTHEW, (father of Chittenden Lyon, great-grandfather of William Peters Hepburn), a Representative from Vermont and from Kentucky; born near Dublin, County Wicklow, Ireland, July 14, 1749; attended school in Dublin; began to learn the trade of printer in 1763; immigrated to the United States in 1765; was landed as a… Continue reading Matthew Lyon
Charles Wickliffe
Representative | Whig | WICKLIFFE, CHARLES ANDERSON, (grandfather of Robert Charles Wickliffe, grandfather of John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham), a Representative from Kentucky; born near Springfield, Washington County, Ky., June 8, 1788; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1809 and commenced practice in Bardstown; served in the War of 1812; was… Continue reading Charles Wickliffe
John C. Breckinridge
Representative | Democrat | BRECKINRIDGE, JOHN CABELL, (grandson of John Breckinridge, father of Clifton Rodes Breckinridge, and cousin of Henry Donnel Foster), a Representative and a Senator from Kentucky and a Vice President of the United States; born at ‘Cabell’s Dale,’ near Lexington, Ky., January 16, 1821; attended Pisgah Academy, Woodford County, Ky.; graduated from… Continue reading John C. Breckinridge