| LC control no. | n 88222069 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Preston, William, 1816-1887 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Spain |
| Located | New Haven (Conn.) Cambridge (Mass.) Louisville (Ky.) Washington (D.C.) |
| Birth date | 1816-10-16 |
| Death date | 1887-09-21 |
| Place of birth | Louisville (Ky.) |
| Place of death | Louisville (Ky.) |
| Affiliation | Whig Party (U.S.) Democratic Party (U.S.) Yale University Harvard University Kentucky. General Assembly. House of Representatives Kentucky. General Assembly. House of Representatives United States. Congress. House Confederate States of America. Army |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Confederate States of America. Army Officers Attorneys |
| Found in | NUCMC data from Filson Club for Todd family. Papers, 1786-1967 (William Preston) LC data base 4/25/89 (hdg.: Preston, William, 1816-1887; lt. col. 4th regt. vols., 1848, Ky.) WwasWA, 1607-1896 (Preston, William; dipl., congressman; b. Louisville, Ky., Oct. 16, 1816; Ky. legislator; minister to Spain; commd. col. Confed. Army, brig. gen., maj. gen.1861-1865; apptd. Confed. min. to Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, 1864; d. Louisville, Sept. 21, 1887) Kentucky encyclopedia, ©1992: pages 738-739 (William Preston, politician and soldier, graduated from Yale in 1835 and an LL.B. from Harvard in 1838. Established a sucessful law practice in Louisville, then launced his political career as a Whig. Served in the Kentucky House in 1851 and in 1868-1869 and the state senate in 1852. In September 1852 he was elected to fill the vacant U.S.congressional seat of Humphrey Marshall, where he served December 6, 1852, to March 3, 1855 and switched his allegiance to the Democratic Party.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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