Letter, 1832 Aug. 28 : Salembridge, Conn. to Robert Breckinridge Mcafee.

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Letter, 1832 Aug. 28 : Salembridge, Conn. to Robert Breckinridge Mcafee.

Concerns the likelihood of success for the pro-Jackson Democratic forces in Kentucky and Connecticut in the upcoming election.

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McAfee, Robert B. (Robert Breckinridge), 1784-1849

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McAfee was born on Salt River in Mercer County, Kentucky. McAfee's father, also named Robert, was an early settler in that area. The younger McAfee studied at Transylvania Seminary in the 1790s and read law under John Breckinridge. He began his legal practice in his native county and represented the area in the state legislature. McAfee entered the army in the War of 1812 and rose to the rank of captain. In 1807 he married Mary Cardwell. In the 1820s, McAfee entered the state senate before servi...

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Hinman, R. F.

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Democratic Party (Ky.)

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Campaign officials In 1920 Mrs. Mary Shelby Wilson chaired the Kentucky Women's Democratic Convention and was president of the National Democratic Victory Club of Lexington. Judge Samuel M. Wilson began his political career supporting William Jennings Bryan and Woodrow Wilson, but he was most active in the elections of 1920 and 1924 as state campaign chairman. Subsequently he was less active in the campaigns of Al Smith and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. From the...