Election returns, 1812-1882, bulk 1812-1842.

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Election returns, 1812-1882, bulk 1812-1842.

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This collection contains miscellaneous documents relating to Kentucky elections. One item is a mounted clipping from the KENTUCKY GAZETTE, dated August 25, 1812, and published in Lexington. The article reported the figures for the election of governor and lieutenant governor for that year. The winners were Isaac Shelby for governor and Richard Hickman for lieutenant governor. The group also includes a court document from Montgomery [County] Circuit Court dating from the 1820s. The document concerns the appointment of commissioners to take depositions in the disputed election for an unnamed office between Rezin H. Gist and Charles Glover. The third document is an 1842 election return from Washington County Sheriff John B. Smith, certifying the election of William R. Watts of the Loco Foco Relief Party to a legislative seat.

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Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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Montgomery County (Ky.). Circuit Court.

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Loco Foco Relief Party

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Smith, John B., Washington Co. (Ky.) Sheriff.

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Gist, Rezin H.

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Shelby, Isaac, 1750-1826

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Isaac Shelby, Kentucky's first governor, was born in Maryland in 1750. As a young man, he served in Lord Dunmore's War and the Revolutionary War, from which he emerge as one of the heroes of the Battle of King's Mountain, South Carolina. Following the war, he and his bride, Susannah Hart, moved to Lincoln County, Kentucky, where he quickly became a leader in Kentucky politics. He was chosen as Kentucky's first governor, serving from 1792-1796. Just before the War of 1812, Shelby was persuaded by...

Watts, William (William A.), 1930-

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Hickman, Richard, 1757-1832.

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Kentucky. General Assembly

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Kentucky Gazette.

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Glover, Charles C., 1893-

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