Kentucky. Governor (1840-1844 : Letcher)

Robert Perkins Letcher served as Kentucky's fifteenth governor. He was elected in 1840, and was a member of the Whig Party.

Letcher was born February 10, 1788 in Goochland County, Virginia. After moving his family first to Harrodsburg then to Garrard County, Kentucky, Letcher's father opened a brickyard. By necessity, Robert Letcher worked there. He later attended the prestigious academy conducted by Joshua Fry near Danville and then studied law in the office of Humphrey Marshall whereupon he opened his own practice in Lancaster.

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