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But with his death dropped, never to wave again in successful conflict in Kentucky, the Whig banner, which so proudly floated at the head of the hosts of his admiring followers.
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The question of calling a convention to revise and amend the Constitution of Kentucky, which was adopted in 1799, was twice approved by the people with remarkable unanimity. One hundred members were accordingly chosen, and May 7, 1850, the new Con- stitution was adopted by a popular majority of 51,351. June 3 the convention again assembled, adopted several amendments, and June 11 adjourned, after proclaiming the third, or present, Consti- tution.
In 1851 the Democratic party succeeded in electing their candidate, Lazarus W. Powell. The two Houses of the General Assembly, however, were Whig. The tide ebbed in 1855, and by a com- bination between the Whig and Native American parties, Charles S. Morehead was elected Governor. In 1856, under the impetus given by the position of John C. Breckenridge on the Democratic ticket as candidate for the Vice-Presidency, the State was, carried by the Democrats by an overwhelming majority; and in 1859 that organization elected its candidate for Governor, Berialı Magoffin, and succeeded in obtaining a decided majority in both Honses of the Legislature.
In the meantime grave events had been occurring in Congress, and threatening and portentious prominence was again manifesting itself in the question of slavery. The citizens of the slave-holding States heard with ill-repressed indignation the stigma cast upon the institution, and viewed with restless jealousy the attempt made by the Abolitionists to destroy it. The slave-holder believed the institution to be not only best for the social and agricultural de- velopment of the country, but a blessing to the slave, right in prin- ciple, correct in morals, and sanctioned by Divine command. The Abolitionists, on the contrary, believed slavery an unmitigated curse to the slave, a dishonor to a free people, and blighting in its effects upon the dominant race: Many believed the institution ad- vantageous and desirable in certain localities, and were content to restrain it only by parallels of latitude. Many sought to evade decisive positions by taking refuge in the delusive sophistry of popular sovereignty, as exercised by Territorial Legislation. All shades of opinion not absolutely favorable to slavery, gradnally molded themselves into a decisive opposition to the institution.
In 1860 the encroaching party had assumed gigantic and formid- able dimensions, while the South stood desperately and determin- edly at bay; and, when Territorial Governments were about to be formed for Kansas and Nebraska, demanded that the Territorial
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restrictions by legislative enactment should be repealed, and that slavery should be allowed to go when climate, soil, and the wishes of the people, or the interests of the immigrants, should carry it. Violence, bloodshed, and rapine marked the contest on the soil of the new Territories; excitement, anger and bitter recriminations, the discussions in Congress. The conservative men of the North finally yielding to the demands of the South, united with her rep- resentatives, and repealed the obnoxious restrictions. The repeal was the signal for an outbreak of popular excitement and denunci- ation in the North, such as her statesman had never previously encountered.
In the conventions of 1860 the Democracy divided, one portion nominating Mr. Douglas as their candidate for the Presidency, the other nominating John C. Breckenridge, of Kentucky. ¿ The Whigs nominated John Bell, of Tennessee, and the Republicans, or de- clared enemies of the institution of slavery, nominated Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois, but a native of Kentucky. The schism of the Democratic party and the' refusal of the Whigs to co-operate with either portion of it resulted in the election of Mr. Lincoln to the Presidency, by a plurality vote. Immediately, South Carolina se- ceded from the Union, followed by Georgia and all the Gulf States; ultimately by Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia and Missouri. Then Kentucky found herself face to face with the mighty question, which had been so long threateningly evolving itself, and now in- exorably pressed for a solution.
Kentucky had, more extensively than any of the older States, contributed to the population of the newer and younger States. The tastes of her people and their descendants were eminently and almost exclusively agricultural. In the gratification of these tastes, and in the prosecution of pursuits kindred to such tastes, for nearly a third of a century, her young and enterprising men had been accustomed to seek for themselves homes located in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Mississippi, Arkansas and Louisiana. The ramifications of family ties were so extensive that State lines were practically ignored. Thousands of people found in Ohio and In- diana those occupations which provided daily sustenance, but re- turned at nightfall to sleep in Kentucky. These facts and their surroundings ought all to be carefully considered before admitting the justice of the denunciations of the North, so frequently pro- nounced against Kentucky as traitorous, or the taunts of the fiery South, that she was cowardly, avaricious, and more prone te pro-
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tect her wealth than to defend her honor. The time came when, upon many a stricken field, in many a desperate and headlong charge, in full many a heady fight, the imputation of cowardice was answered-as it has not often been answered.
It is not possible in this brief outline of the history of Kentucky to give a detailed account of the civil war. Kentucky remained neutral for one year, and then pledged herself to the cause of the Union. The war ceased in April, 1865, with the entire subjuga- tion of the South. All that the States-Rights men had prophesied would be accomplished if unresisted-all that the Union men had denied to be the object of the war-was accomplished; the South was conquered, the slaves were freed, and negro political equality recognized throughout the nation. Neighborhood strifes and an- imosities had been engendered in every village and hamlet. Men who had been playmates in boyhood, who under ordinary circum- stances would have gone through life leading for kindly support on each other, had found social ties disrupted, and persecuted each other with vindictive hate. Mothers wept in every household for the lost darlings who were sleeping the sleep of the brave, in both Federal and Confederate uniforms? But the terms of peace had hardly been signed when the great popular heart of the State swelled with magnanimous and generous rivalry in the effort to repair the past. The people of the whole State seemed to remem- ber with sorrowful pride the noble men who had died gallantly in the ranks of either army. Over their faults was thrown the man- tle of the sweet and soothing charities of the soldier's grave; while for their services was manifested and displayed unstinted admira- tion for the valor with which they had borne the dangers and pri- vations of war.
The next Legislature wiped from the statute book every vindic- tive or discriminating law, and the Executive of the State, Gov- ernor Thomas E. Bramlette, himself a soldier who had served with distinguished ability in the Federal army, led public sentiment in the effort to grant practical amnesty for the past. And now the children of Kentucky, once more united, chastened by the sorrows of the past, dropping tears of reverential respect for those that have fallen, turn hopefully to the duty of providing best for the living, with a firm faith in the ultimate triumph of free institutions and the cause of constitutional liberty.
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HISTORY OF KENTUCKY.
STATE OFFICERS.
1792 .- Isaac Shelby, the first Governor, took the oath of office June 4, under the first Constitution; James Brown, Secretary of State.
1796 .- James Garrard took the oath of office June 1; Harry Toulmin, Secretary. The present Constitution was formed 1799.
1800 .- James Garrard, being eligible, was again elected Gov- ernor; Alexander S. Bullitt, Lieutenant-Governor ;. Harry Toul- min, Secretary.
1804 .- Christopher Greenup, Governor; John Caldwell, Lieu- tenant-Governor; John Rowan, Secretary.
1808 .- Charles Scott, Governor; Gabriel Slaughter, Lieuten- ant-Governor; Jesse Bledsoe, Secretary.
1812 .- Isaac Shelby, Governor; Richard Hickman, Lieutenant- Governor; Martin D. Hardin, Secretary.
1816 .- George Madison, Governor; Gabriel Slaughter, Lieuten- ant Governor; Charles S. Todd, Secretary. Governor Madison died at Paris, Ky., October 14, and on the 21st of the same month, Gabriel Slaughter, Lieutenant-Governor, assumed the duties of Executive; John Pope, and after him, Oliver G. Waggoner, Sec- retary.
1820 .- John Adair, Governor; William T. Barry, Lieutenant- Governor; Joseph C. Breckridge, and after him, Thomas B. Mon- roe, Secretary.
1824. - Joseph Desha, Governor; Robert B. McAfee, Lieuten- ant Governor; William T. Barry, succeeded by James C. Pickett, Secretary.
1828 .- Thomas Metcalfe, Governor; John Breathitt, Lieutenant- Governor; George Robertson, succeeded by Thomas T. Critten- den, Secretary.
1832 .- John Breathitt, Governor; J. T. Morehead, Lieutenant- Governor; Lewis Saunders, Secretary. Governor Breathitt died Feb. 21, 1834, and on the 22d of the same month, James T. Morehead, Lieutenant-Governor, took the oath of office as Gov- ernor of the State; John J. Crittenden, William Owsley, and Aus- tin P. Cox were successively Secretary.
1836 .- James Clark, Governor; Charles A. Wickliffe, Lieutenant- Governor; James M. Bullitt, Secretary. Governor Clark died Sept. 27, 1839, and on the 5th of October Charles A. Wickliffe, Lieutenant-Governor, assumed the duties of Governor.
1840 .- Robert P. Letcher, Governor; Manlius V. Thomson, Lieutenant-Governor; James Harlan, Secretary.
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1844. -- William Owsley, Governor; Archibald Dixon, Lienten- ant-Governor; Benjamin Hardin, George B. Kinkead and William D. Reed, successively, Secretary.
1848-'51 .- John J. Crittenden, Governor; John L. Helm, Lieu- tenant-Governor; Joli W. Finnell, Secretary. Governor Critten- den resigned July 21, 1850, and John L. Helm became Governor until the first Tuesday in September, 1851.
1851-'55 .- Lazarus W. Powell, Governor; John B. Thompson, Lieutenant-Governor; James P. Metcalfe, Secretary.
1855-'59 .-- Charles S. Morehead, Governor; James G. Hardy, Lieutenant-Governor; Mason Brown, Secretary.
1859-'63 .- Beriah Magoffin, Governor; Linn Boyd, Lieutenant- Governor (died Dec. 17, 1859); Thomas B. Monroe, Jr., Secretary. Governor Magoffin resigned Ang. 18, 1862, and James F. Robin- son, Speaker of the Senate, became Governor.
1863-'67 .- Thomas E. Bramlette, Governor; Richard T. Jacob, Lieutenant-Governor; B. L. Van Winkle (died May 23, 1864), suc- ceeded by John S. Van Winkle, Secretary.
1867-'71 .--- Jolin L. IIelm, Governor; John W. Stevenson, Lieu- tenant-Governor; Samuel B. Churchill, Secretary. Governor Helm died Sept. 8, 1867, and John W. Stevenson took the oath as Gov- ernor. In August, 1868, he was elected Governor, serving until Feb. 11, 1871, when he resigned to take his seat in the United States Senate; the Speaker of the Senate, Preston II. Leslie, became Governor.
1871-'75 .-- Preston II. Leslie, Governor; John G. Carlisle, Lien- tenant-Governor; Andrew J. James, succeeded by George W. Crad- deck, Secretary.
1875-'79 .- James B. McCreary, Governor; John C. Underwood, Lieutenant Governor.
1879-83 .- Luke P. Blackburn, Governor; James E. Cantrill- Lientenant-Governor; James Blackburn, Secretary.
UNITED STATES SENATORS.
Adair, John. 1805-06
[ 1806-07
Barry, William T.
1814-16 - -
1 1809-11
Bibb, George M
1829-55
1849-53
Bledsoe, Jesse
1813-15
1817-19
Brecke nedge, John.
. 1S01-05
Crittenden, John J.
1835-41
Breckenridge. John C.
1842-48
Brown, John. 1792-1805
( 1855 61
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Clay, Henry
1831-42
§ 1811-14
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UNITED STATES SENATORS. - Continued.
Davis, Garret. .1861-72
Dixon, Archibald. 1852-55
Morehead, James T. 1841-47
Edwards, John. 1822-25
Pope, Jobn.
1807-13
Guthrie, James.
1865-68
Powell, Lazarus
W
1859-65
Hardin, Martin D. 1816-17
Rowan, John .. 1825-31
Johnson, Richard M.
1819-29
Stevenson, John W 1871-77
Logan, William. 1819-20
Talbot, Isham 1815-19
1820-25
Marshall Humphrey
1795-1801
Thompson, John B. 1853-59
McCreery, Thomas C. $1868-71
1873-79
Underwood, Joseph R. 1847-53
Walker, . George.
1814-15
REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS.
Adair, John. 1831-33
Adams, George M .. .1867-75
Adams, Green 6 1847-49
1859-61
1811-14
Allan, Chilton. 1831-37
Clay, Henry. 1815-21
1823-25
Anderson, Richard C., Jr. 1817-21
Clay, James B .. 1857-59
Coleman, Nicholas D 1829-31
Cox, Leander M .1853-57
Andrews, Landaff Watson 1839-43
Arthur, William E 1871-75
Daniel, Henry 1827-33
Beatty, Martin 1833-35
Davis, Amos. 1833-35
Beck, James B. . 1867-75
Davis, Garrett .. 1839-47
Bedinger, George M 1803-07
Bell, Joshua F . 1845-47
Boyd, Linn.
1839-55
Boyle, John.
1803-09
Breck, Daniel .1849-51
Breckenridge, James D 1821-23
Breckenridge, John C. 1851-55
Fletcher, Thomas. 1816-17
Fowler, John. 1797-1807
1835-37
French, Richard
1843-45
1847-49
Brown, William 1819-23
Gaines, John P. 1847-49
Buckner, Aylett. 1847-49
Gaither, Nathan
1829-33
Buckner, Richard A. 1823-29
Golladay. Jacob S. 1867-69
Bullock, Wingfield. 1820-21
Graves, William J 1835-41
Green, Willia.
1839-45
Butler, William O. .1839-43
Greenup, Christopher
1792-97
Grey, Benjamin Edwards. .1851-55
1843-47
Grider, Henry
1861-66
Campbell, Jobn
1837-43
Grover, Asa P.
1867-69
Campbell, John P
.1855-57
Casey, Samuel L. 1862-63
Hardin, Benjamin.
1819-23
1833-37
Harding, Aaron 1861-67
Harlan, James. . . 1835-39
Hawes, Albert G. 1831-37
Hawes, Richard. 1837-41
Hawkins Joseph W
1914-15
Clark, Beverly L. 1847-49
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Henry, Robert P
1823-26
1816-19
Duncan, Garnett. .1847-49
Dunlap, George W
1861-63
Duval, William P. 1813-15
Elliott, John M.
1853-59
Ewing, Presley
1853-54
Briatow, Francis M. 1859-61
1859-61
Brown, John Young 1867-69
1873-75
Caldwell, George Alfred. 6 1843-45
2 1849-51
Chambers, John. 1828-29
1835-39
§ 1827-31
Chilton, Thomas
1833-35
Chrisman, James S 1853-55
Christie, Henry. 1809-11
Clark, Jamea. 1813-16
1825-31
Clay, Brutua J 1863-65
Anderson, Lucien 1863-65
Anderson, Simeon H. 1839-40
Anderson, William C. 1859-61
Crittenden, John J. 1861-63 Crossland, Edward 1871-75
Barry, William T 1810-11
Davis, Thomas T. 1797-1803
Deaha, Joseph.
1835-37
Thruston, John Buckner. 1805-09
Merriwether, David. .1852-53
Metcalfe, Thomas. 1848-49
Calhoon, John. 1835-39
- 1815-17
Burnett, Henry C. 1855-61
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REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS .- Continued.
Henry, John F. 1826-27
Hill, Clement S. 1853-55
Hise, Elijah. 1866-67
Quarles, Tunstall. 817-20
Randall, William H. 1863-67
Read, William B .. 1871-75
Riee, John M. 1869-73
Jewett, Joshua H 1855-59
Johnson, Francis. 1821-27
. 1825-26
Johnson, James L. 1849-51
Johnson, Jolın T. 1821-25
Johnson, Richard M. ( 1807-19
2 1829-37
Jones, Thomas L.
1829-33
Knott, J. Proctor.
1867-71
Lecompte, Joseph. 1825-33
Smith, John Speed. . 1821-23
Southgate, William W. 1837-39
Speed, Thomas. 1817-10
Srigg, James C. .
1841-43
Stanton, Richard H 1849-55
Stevenson, John W. 1857-61
Stone, James
( 1843-45
1851-53
Sweeney, William N
1869-71
Swope, Samuel F.
1855-57
Talbott, Albert G. .
1855-61
Taul, Micah 1815-17
Thomasson, William P . 1843-47
( 1841-48
Thompson, John B 1817-51
Thompson, Philip. 1823-25
Tibbatts, John W. . 1843-47
Thompkins, Christopher 1831-35
Trimble, David.
1817-27
Trimble, Lawrence S 1865-71
Triplett, Philip
1839-41
Trumbi, Andrew 1845-47
Underwood, Joseph R. 1835-43
Underwood, Warner L .. . .1855-59
Wa 'sworth, William Henry . . . 1861-65
Walker, David. . 1817-20
Ward, A. Harry. Walton, Matthew 1803-07 1866-67
Ward, William T 1851-53
White, Addison.
1851-53
White, Divid. 1823-35
White, Jolin. 1835-45
Wickliffe, Charles A 1 1828-33
/ 1861-63
Williams, Sherrod. 1835-41
Winchester, Boyd. 1869-73
Woodson. Samuel 11 1820-23
Yancy. doch 1837-31
Youman, George H 1862-65
Young, Bryan R. . 1845-47
Young, William F. 1825-27
Standiford, Dr. Elisha 1). .
1873-75
Milliken, Charles W
1873-75
Trang. John !
1873-75
Pope, Patrick H. 1833-35
Preston, William 1853-57
Ritter, Burwell C . 1865-67
Robertson, George 1817-21
Rowan, Jolin. . 1807-69
Rousseau, Lovell H 1865-67
Rumsey, Edward. 1837-39
Sandford, Thomas. 1803-07
Shanklin, George S 1865-67
Sharp, Solomon P. 1813-17
Simms, William E 1859-61
Smith, Green Clay 1863-66
Letcher, Robert P 1823-33
Lewis, Joseph H. 1810-73
Love, James. . 1833-35
Lyon, Chittenden 1827-35
Lyon, Matthew. 1803-11
Mallory, Robert. 1859-65
Marshall, Alexander K. .1855-57
Marshall, Humphrey. ( 1849-53
1857-59
Marshall, Thomas A. 1831-35
Marshall, Thomas F. 1843-45
Martin, John P. .1845-47
Mason, John C. ( 1849-53
1857-59
May, William L .. 1835-39
McDowell, Joseph H. 1843 47
McHatton, Robert .. 1826-29
McHenry, John H. 1843-47
McHenry. Henry D. 1871-73
McKee, Samuel. 1809-17
McKee, Samuel. 1865-69
McLean, Alney ( 1815-17
¿ 1819-21
McLean, Finis Ewing 1849-51
Menefee, Richard M
1837-39
Menzies, John W 1861-65
Metcalf, Thomas 1819-28
Montgomery, Thomas ( 1813-15
1821-33
Moore, Thomas P. / 1833-35
1823-29
Moorehead, Charles S .1847-51
Murray, John L. 1838-39
Ormsby, Stephen. 1811-17
Orr, Alexander D 1792-97
Owsley, Bryan Y. 1-11-43
Peyton, Samuel O 1 1817-49
/ 1857-61
Pope, John 1837-43
Durham, Milton J. 1878-75
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Hopkins, Samuel 1813-15
Howard, Benjamin. 1807-10
Jackson, James S. 1861-62
Johnson, James.
Kincaid. ..
1807-71
Moore, Laban T 1859-61
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HISTORY OF KENTUCKY.
EMINENT MEN FROM KENTUCKY.
Presidents .- Abraham Lincoln, Zachary Taylor and Jefferson Davis.
Vice-Presidents .- David R. Atchison, Jesse D. Bright, John C. Breckenridge and Richard M. Johnson.
Governors .- Lilburn W. Boggs, Illinois; John Boyle (declined), Illinois Territory ; Benj. Gratz Brown. Missouri; Wmn. O. Butler. (declined), Nebraska Territory; Richard K. Call, Florida; Thomas Carlin, Illinois; John Chambers, Iowa Territory; Wm. Clarke, Missouri Territory; Thomas Corwin, Ohio; Robert Crittenden, Arkansas; Henry Dodge, Wisconsin; Daniel Dunklin, Missouri; Wm. P. Duvall, Florida Territory ; Ninian Edwards, Illinois; John Floyd, Virginia; John P. Gaines, Oregon; Willis A. Gorman, Minnesota Territory; Benjamin Howard, Indiana/ Territory and Missouri Territory; Claiborne F. Jackson, Missouri; John McLean Illinois; Stevens T. Mason, Jr., Michigan; David "Meriwether, New Mexico Territory; John M. Palmer, Illinois; John Pope, Ar- kansas Territory; James Brown Ray, Indiana; Wm. A. Richardson Nebraska Territory; Green Clay Smith, Montana Territory; James Whitcomb, Indiana; Joseph M. White, Florida Territory; Robert C. Wickliffe, Louisiana; Richard Yates, Illinois.
Lieutenant-Governors .- James Birney, Michigan; Ratliffe Boon, Indiana; Jesse D. Bright, Indiana; James Brown, Louisiana; Wm. L. D. Ewing, Illinois; Hubbard, Illinois; Step, Indiana; C. W. Bird, Sec. Northwest Territory; Jacob O. Phister, Sec. IowaTerritory.
Ambassadors, Foreign Ministers, etc .- Richard C. Anderson, Jr., Colombia and Congress of Panama; William T. Barry, Spain; John C. Breckenridge, Spain; James Brown, France; Allen A. Burton, Colombia; Anthony Butler, Russia; Beverly L. Clarke, Guatemala and Honduras; Cassius M. Clay, Russia; Green Clay, Italy; Henry Clay, Ghent; James B. Clay, Portugal; Thomas H. Clay, Nicaragua and Honduras; L. H. Clayton, Honduras; Thomas Corwin, Mexico; Ninian Edwards (declined), Mexico; Joseph Eve, Texas; Peter W. Grayson, Texas to United States; A. Mars Hancock, Malaysia Edward A. Hannegan, Russia; J. (). Harrison, Spain; Charles J. Helm, Havana; Elijah Hise, Guatemala; Robert P. Letcher, Mexico; Robert B. M." fee, New Granada; Alex. K. McClung, Bolivia; A. Dudley M , Austria, Hungary, and Switzerland; Humphrey Marshall, Central America, China; Thomas P. Moore, Colombia; Thomas H. Nelson, Chili and Mexico; James C. Pickett, Colombia
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and Bolivia; John T. Piekett, Vera Cruz; Wm. Preston, Spain; George H. Proffit, Brazil; George Robertson (deelined), Colombia and Pern; John Rowan, Jr., Two Sic .; Richard H. Rousseau, Honduras; Geo. N. Sanders, Liverpool; James Semple, New Granada; James Shannon, Mexico and Central America; Charles S. Todd, Russia; Robert B. J. Troyman, Vera Cruz; Edward A. Turpin, Venezuela; Robert Wickliffe, Jr., Sardinia; E. Ramsey Wing, Ecuador; Robert Woolley, Madagascar; Geo. H. Yeaman, Denmark.
Officers United States Government .-- Henry Clay, Secretary of State; George M. Bibb, Secretary of Treasury; Thomas Corwin, Secretary of Treasury; James Guthrie, Secretary of Treasury; Isaac Shelby (declined), Secretary of War; Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War; Joseph Holt, Secretary of War; Win. T. Barry, Postmaster- General; Montgomery Blair, Postmaster-General; Orville H. Browning, Secretary of Interior; Amos Kendall, Postmaster- General; John McLean, Postmaster-General; Charles A. Wickliffe, Postmaster-General; Win. J. Brown, Assistant Postmaster-General; Robert Johnson, Assistant Postmaster-General; John Breckenridge, John J. Crittenden, Felix Grundy, James Speed, Henry Stan berg and Geo. M. Bibb, Attorneys-General; Benj. H. Bristow, Solicitor- General; Thomas II. Blake, John McLean, John Whitcomb, Com- missioners General Land-Office; Murray MeConnell, Fifth Auditor United States Treasury; John C. Breckenridge, Secretary of War, Confederate States.
United States Judges and other High Courts .- Lorin Andrews, Sandwich Islands; Robert B. Warden, Charles W. Bird, Ohio; John Boyle, Robert Trimble, Ohio; John Catron; Tennessee; John Coburn (deelined), Michigan Territory; Thomas T. Davis, Indiana; Joseph E. Davis, E. Turner, Mississippi; Henry Humphreys, Texas; Josiah S. Johnson, Louisiana; B. Johnson, Thomas J. Lacy, Arkansas; John McLean, United States Judge; John McKinley, Samuel F. Miller, United States Judges; Benj. B. Meeker, Minnesota Territory; Nathaniel Pope, John M. Robinson, Anthony Thornton, Illinois; John C. Richardson, Missouri; John B. Thornton, Distriet of Columbia; Thomas Todd, United States Judge; Wm. T. Trimble, Oregon; Fielding L. Turner, Louisiana; Samuel R. Overton, Florida; Wm. Henry Wadsworth, John Rowan, Mexico.
Presiding Officers of Congress .-- David B. Atchison, Senate; Linn Boyd, House Representatives; Jolin C. Breckenridge, Jesse D. Bright, John Brown, Richard M. Johnson, John Pope, Senate;
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Henry Clay, John White, House of Representatives; Thomas Dougherty, James C. Allen, Clerk House Representatives.
United States Senators .-- David B. Atchison, Francis P. Blair, B. Gratz Brown, Missonri; Jesse D. Bright, Henry S. Lane, Edward A. Hannegan, Indiana; James Brown, Solomon U. Downs, J. S. Johnson, Allan B. Magruder, Louisiana; Louis F. Linn, Missouri; Thomas Corwin, Ohio; Henry Dodge, Wisconsin; Ninian Edwards, John McLean, John M. Robinson, James Semple, Richard Yates, Illinois; James Whitcomb, Indiana; Jefferson Davis, Thomas B. Read, Mississippi; John Norvell, Michigan; H. P. Hann, California; Felix Grundy, Tennessee; John McKinley, Alabama; Robert W. Johnson, Arkansas.
Besides the foregoing, there are seventy-eight that have been Members of Congress from other States, and twenty-one presidents of colleges not in Kentucky.
KENTUCKY SCHOOL STATISTICS.
From the lately issued report of the superintendent of public instruction, we glean the following statistics of the common schools of Kentucky:
Number of districts, 1880 6,177
Number of children enrolled 478,554
Average number attending school 158,218
Number of teachers-Males. .4,418
Numbers of teachers-Females. .2,358-6,776
Average wages in country, per month
$21.71
Average wages in cities, per month, males. 90.07
Average wages in cities, per month, females
43.48
School houses -- log. 3,369
School houses-frame, in cities 4
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School houses -- brick, in cities
School houses-brick, in country 101-3,518
While there are 478,554 children enrolled, the average number in attendance is only 158,218, or less than one third. There are 6,177 districts and 3,518 school-houses, so that about one third of the districts in the State are without school-houses.
The wages of teachers in the country districts $21.71 a month.
ILLITERACY IN KENTUCKY.
According to Census Bulletin No. 313 there are in Kentucky 258,180 persons ten years of age and upward unable to read, and 348,362 unable to write.
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Native whites unable to write
208,796
Foreign born unable to write.
5,701
Colored unable to write 133,895
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