Enrolled bills, 1835-1836.

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Enrolled bills, 1835-1836.

These are transcripts of acts and resolutions passed by the General Assembly; signed by the representatives of the Senate and the House of Representatives; approved, dated, and signed into law by Governor James Turner Morehead. These typically concern the construction and maintenance of Kentucky's public roads, highways, and ferry systems; the adjustment of county, district, and election precinct lines; the slave trade; the division of land; the court system and officials; and certain court cases requiring legislative actions. Also included among these acts are the dissolutions of marriages and appropriations for state funding.

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Kentucky. Governor (1855-1859 : Morehead)

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James Turner Morehead became the twelfth governor and the first native-born Kentuckian to hold that office after the death of Governor John Breathitt in February 1834. The succession of Lieutenant Governor Morehead to the governorship proved a sharp disappointment to the young Democratic party since Breathitt, a Democrat, and Morehead, a National Republican, had been elected on a split ticket. Morehead was born in 1797, in Bullitt County, Kentucky. He attended Transylvan...

Kentucky. General Assembly

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Morehead, James T. (James Turner), 1797-1854

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Morehead became the first native-born Kentuckian to serve as governor, when he succeeded John Breathitt at Breathitt's death in 1834. Morehead also served a term in the U.S. Senate. From the description of Letter 1838. (Kentucky Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 28096101 Kentucky lawyer, state legislator, governor, 1834-1836, and U.S. senator. From the description of James T. Morehead : miscellaneous papers, 1834-1845. (Filson Historical Society, The). Wor...