| LC control no. | n 2008160997 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Greenup, Christopher, 1750-1818 |
| See also | Kentucky. Governor (1804-1808 : Greenup) |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Fayette County (Ky.) Harrodsburg (Ky.) Danville (Ky.) |
| Located | Frankfort (Ky.) |
| Birth date | 1750 |
| Death date | 1818-04-27 |
| Place of birth | Westmoreland County (Va.) |
| Place of death | Frankfort (Ky.) |
| Affiliation | Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates Republican Party (U.S. : 1792-1828) Kentucky. Governor United States. Congress. House Kentucky. General Assembly. House of Representatives Kentucky. General Assembly. Senate Transylvania University |
| Profession or occupation | Governors Lawyers Politicians |
| Found in | NUCMC data from Thomas Balch Library (Leesburg, Va.) for His Muster rolls, 1778 (Christopher Greenup) Bio. dir. of U.S. Congress Online, Feb. 15, 2008 (Christopher Greenup; U.S. Rep. from Ky.; b. in Westmoreland County, Va., in 1750; completed academic studies, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1783, and commenced practice in Fayette County, Ky. (then a part of Virginia); he was clerk of the district court at Harrodsburg (1785-1792); served in the Revolutionary War and attained the rank of colonel; was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates in 1785; was member of the conventions at Danville, Ky., in 1785 and 1788 to consider separation from Virginia; and moved to Frankfort, Ky., in 1792; upon the admission of Kentucky as a state into the Union he was elected as an Anti-Administration candidate to the Second and Third Congresses; was reelected as a Republican to the Fourth Congress and served from 9 Nov. 1792, to 3 Mar. 1797; he was a member of the State house of representatives in 1798 and also served as clerk of the State senate (1799-1802); he was appointed judge of the circuit court in 1802; he was governor of Kentucky from 1804 to 1808; was presidential elector on the Madison and Clinton ticket in 1808; was justice of the peace in Franklin County in 1812; and was one of the original trustees of Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky; died in Frankfort, Ky., on 27 Apr. 1818) Wikipedia, viewed February 18, 2019 (Christopher Greenup; governor of Kentucky September 5, 1804-September 1, 1808) |
| Associated language | eng |
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