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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kentucky, (search)
ard1796 to 1804 Christopher Greenup1804 to 1808 Charles Scott1808 to 1812 Isaac Shelby1812 to 1816 George Madison1816 Gabriel Slaughter1816 to 1820 John Adair1820 to 1824 Joseph Desha1824 to 1828 Governors—Continued. Name.Term. Thomas Metcalfe1828 to 1832 John Breathitt1832 to 1834 J. T. Morehead1834 to 1836 James Clark1836 to 1837 C. A. Wickliffe1837 to 1840 Robert P. Letcher1840 to 1844 William Owsley1844 to 1848 John J. Crittenden1848 to 1850 John L. Helm1850 to 1851 L Richard M. Johnson16th to 21st1819 to 1829 William Logan16th1819 to 1820 John Rowan19th1825 George M. Bibb21st to 24th1829 to 1835 Henry Clay22d to 27th1831 to 1842 John J. Crittenden24th to 30th1835 to 1848 James T. Morehead27th1842 Thomas Metcalfe30th1848 to 1849 Joseph R. Underwood30th to 32d1847 to 1852 Henry Clay31st to 32d1849 to 1852 David Meriwether32d1852 Archibald Dixon32d to 33d1852 to 1855 John B. Thompson33d1853 John J. Crittenden34th to 37th1855 to 1861 Lazarus W. P
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Metcalfe, Thomas 1780-1855 (search)
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.