| LC control no. | no 91003880 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Morehead, James T. (James Turner), 1797-1854 |
| Variant(s) | Morehead, J. T. (James Turner), 1797-1854 |
| See also | Kentucky. Governor (1834-1836 : Morehead) |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Bowling Green (Ky.) Morehead (Ky.) |
| Located | Russellville (Ky.) |
| Birth date | 1797-05-24 |
| Death date | 1854-12-28 |
| Place of birth | Shepherdsville (Ky.) |
| Place of death | Covington (Ky.) |
| Affiliation | Kentucky. General Assembly. House of Representatives Kentucky. General Assembly. House of Representatives United States. Congress. Senate National Republican Party (U.S.) Transylvania University Kentucky. Governor |
| Profession or occupation | Governors Legislators Lawyers |
| Found in | His The practice in civil actions and proceedings at law in Kentucky, 1846: t.p. (James T. Morehead) MoSU-L/NLT files (hdg.: Morehead, James Turner, 1797-1854; usage: J.T. Morehead) Bio. dir. of the U.S. Congress WWW site, Sept. 13, 2011 (Morehead, James Turner; b. May 24, 1797, near Shepherdsville, Ky., d. Dec. 28, 1854, Covington, Ky.; senator and governor of Kentucky) Kentucky encyclopedia, ©1992: page 648-649 (James Turner Morehead; first native Kentuckian to serve as governor (1834-1836); moved to Russellville (Ky.); educated at Transylvania University; admitted to the bar in 1818 and opened a practice in Bowling Green, Ky. Served in the Kentucky House of Representatives 1828-1831; a Republican; sworn in as governor of Kentucky February 23, 1834 and left that office August 31, 1836; served again in state House 1837-1838. Elected to U.S. Senate, serving there February 20, 1841-March 3, 1847. Practiced law in Covington, Ky. until his death December 28, 1854. Morehead, Ky. was named in his honor.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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