Charles S. Morehead

United States House of Representatives, Governor of Kentucky, Whig Party (United States)
Herausgegeben:Horst, Kristen Nehemiah

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Charles Slaughter Morehead was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, and served as the 20th Governor of Kentucky. Though a member of the Whig Party for most of his political service, he joined the Know Nothing, or American, Party in 1855, and was the only governor of Kentucky ever elected from that party. Morehead's political service began in the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1828. In 1832, he was appointed state attorney general. He served in this capacity for five years, and later returned to the Kentucky House, where he was chosen Speaker of the House three times. He was elected to Congress in 1848 and served two terms. After his congressional tenure, he joined the Know Nothing Party and was chosen as the party's candidate for governor in 1855. The campaign was marred by anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic rhetoric that touched off the "Bloody Monday" riots in Louisville

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• Verlag: Alphascript Publishing / Dign Press
• Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 108
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9786137760727
• ISBN-10: 6137760723
• Artikelnr.: 34479348