Kentucky. Governor (1828-1832 : Metcalfe)

Thomas Metcalfe served as Kentucky's tenth governor. He was elected to office in 1828 and was affiliated with the National Republican (later Whig) Party.

Metcalfe was born March 20, 1780 in Fauquier County, Virginia. In 1804 his family moved to Fayette County, Kentucky, later settling in Nicholas County. Metcalfe received little education in the common schools before being apprenticed to his older brother as a stonemason at the age of sixteen. Among his handiwork is the oldest Kentucky courthouse at Greensburg in Green County. During this time he was given the nickname "Old Stonehammer" which stayed with him the rest of his life.

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