Category: Kentucky

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

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

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

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

Treasurer | Democrat | Thelma Stovall on Wikipedia

Auditor / Comptroller | Democrat | Ben Chandler on Wikipedia Ben Chandler on OurCampaigns.com