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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kentucky, (search)
ibald Dixon32d to 33d1852 to 1855 John B. Thompson33d1853 John J. Crittenden34th to 37th1855 to 1861 Lazarus W. Powell36th to 39th1859 to 1865 John C. Breckinridge37th1861 Garrett Davis37th to 42d1861 to 1872 James Guthrie39th to 40th1865 to 1868 Thomas C. McCreery40th1868 to 1871 Willis B. Machen42d1872 to 1873 John W. Stevenson42d to 45th1871 to 1877 Thomas C. McCreery43d to 46th1873 to 1879 James B. Beck45th to 51st1877 to 1890 John S. Williams46th to 49th1879 to 1885 Joseph C. S. Blackburn49th to 55th1885 to 1897 John G. Carlisle51st to 52d1890 to 1893 William Lindsey53d to —1893 to — William J. Deboe55th to —1897 to — Early settlements. In 1767 John Finley, an Indian trader, explored the country beyond the mountains westward of North Carolina. In 1769 he returned to North Carolina and gave glowing accounts of the fertile country he had left. He persuaded Daniel Boone and four others to go with him to explore it. Boone had become a great hunter and expert
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kansas, (search)
nor......November, 1895 In the electoral college Kentucky for the first time casts her vote for Republican candidates for President and Vice-President......January, 1896 W. J. Deboe, Republican, of Crittenden county, is elected to succeed Blackburn in the United States Senate, for six years, beginning March 5, 1897......April 28, 1897 The legislature passes an election law, known as the Goebel law......March, 1898 The legislature creates a board of prison commissioners, consisting ondidate......December, 1899 The legislature meets in biennial session, before which William Goebel, Democrat, contests the claim of William S. Taylor, Republican, to the office of governor, Taylor being the incumbent......Jan. 2, 1900 J. C. S. Blackburn is elected United States Senator to succeed William Lindsay......Jan. 17, 1900 In Frankfort, while on his way to the State-house to be present at the 10.30 A. M. session of the Senate, Senator William Goebel, Democratic contestant for go