Guthrie, James, 1792-1869

James Guthrie (1792-1869) of Louisville, Ky., was president of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad; secretary of the United States Treasury, 1853-1857; member of the Peace Convention of 1861; and United States senator from Kentucky, 1865-1868.

American lawyer and politican; Secretary of Treasury.

U.S. secretary of the treasury, U.S. senator from and public official of Kentucky, university president, railroad official, and lawyer.

President of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad; secretary of the U.S. Treasury, 1853-1857; member of the Peace Convention of 1861; and U.S. senator from Kentucky, 1865-1868; from Louisville, Ky.

American lawyer and politican; Secretary of the Treasury.

James Guthrie (1792-1869) was Secretary of the Treasury under President Franklin Pierce.

Lawyer, businessman, legislator, secretary of the treasury.

Biographical note: Lawyer and political leader; Guthrie was founder and president of University of Louisville, served as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury from 1853 to 1857, supported the Union during the Civil War, and served as U.S. Senator from 1865 to 1868. Richard P. Hammond was Collector of the Port of San Francisco.

James Guthrie was born in Nelson County, Kentucky, on December 5, 1792. He served in the Kentucky General Assembly and Kentucky Senate, and became a civic leader in Louisville. In 1853 President Franklin Pierce appointed him Secretary of the Treasury, a position he held for four years. Guthrie was a member of the Peace Congress held in 1861 to devise ways to prevent the Civil War, and served in the United States Senate from 1865 to 1868. He died in Louisville on March 3, 1869.

Edward F. Beale was born in the District of Columbia on February 4, 1822, and joined the United States Navy in 1837. He sailed to California during the Mexican War, commanded a cavalry contingent, and saw much action with Captain Fremont and General Kearney. In 1848, he journeyed back to Washington DC bringing news of the California gold discovery. On March 4, 1852, Beale was appointed Superintendent of Indian Affairs in California, and on his trip overland mapped out a new emigration route. In 1857 he built a wagon road from Fort Defiance, New Mexico to the Colorado River using camels, and later purchased Tejon Ranch near Bakersfield, where he kept the camels he had bought. During 1876-77 Beale served as the United States Ambassador to Austria-Hungary. He died in Washington , DC on April 22, 1893.