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Metcalfe, Thomas 1780-1855

Legislator; born in Fauquier county, Va., March 20, 1780; became a stone-cutter at the age of sixteen, in Kentucky, whither his parents had removed; devoted all his leisure to study; and became quite a popular public speaker. When the War of 1812-15 broke out he entered the military service, and commanded a company at the siege of Fort Meigs (q. v.), in 1813. After serving several years in the Kentucky legislature, he was a member of Congress in 1819-29; governor of Kentucky in 1828-32; State Senator in 1834, and United States Senator in 1848-49. He died in Nicholas county, Ky., Aug. 18, 1855.

Harper and Brothers Publishers. . New York. 1902.

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