Kentucky. Governor (1839-1840 : Wickliffe)

Charles Anderson Wickliffe, a member of Whig party, became governor of Kentucky in 1839 upon the death of Governor James Clark, and completed the final year of Clark's term.

Wickliffe was born June 8, 1788 near Springfield, Kentucky. He read law in Bardstown and began his career as an attorney in 1809. He held the office of commonwealth's attorney for a time, and then was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1812. He served in the War of 1812 at the Battle of the Thames, and returned to the House in 1820.

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