| LC control no. | no 98069554 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Meriwether, D. (David), 1800-1893 |
| Variant(s) | Meriwether, David, 1800-1893 Merriwether, Governor, 1800-1893 |
| See also | New Mexico. Governor (1853-1857 : Meriwether) |
| Birth date | 1800-10-30 |
| Death date | 1893-04-04 |
| Place of birth | Louisa County (Va.) |
| Place of death | Louisville (Ky.) |
| Field of activity | Politics, Practical |
| Affiliation | Kentucky. General Assembly. House of Representatives Kentucky. Secretary of State United States. Congress. Senate Kentucky. General Assembly. House of Representatives Democratic Party (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Governors Lawyers |
| Found in | Selected correspondence of Governor Meriwether of New Mexico, 1858-1856: (D. Meriwether) New Mexico blue book, 1997-1998 (David Meriwether; term, 1853-1856) Natl. cyclopedia of Amer. biog. (Meriwether, David, b. Oct. 30, 1800, d. Apr. 4, 1893; gov. New Mexico Territory, 1853-1857 [sic]) Dict. frontier biog., 1988 (Meriwether, David, b. Oct. 30, 1800, d. Apr. 4, 1893) gov. New Mexico, 1853-1857 [sic]) Bancroft, H. H. Hist. of Arizona and New Mexico, 1530-1888, 1962: p. 633, etc. (Governor Merriwether) My life in the mountains and on the plains, 1965 title page (David Meriwether) Biographical directory of the U.S. Congress website, December 5, 2013 (Meriwether, David, a Senator from Kentucky; born in Louisa County, Va., October 30, 1800; moved with his parents to Jefferson County, Ky., in 1803; attended the common schools; engaged in fur trading in 1818 near what is now Council Bluffs, Iowa; later engaged in agricultural pursuits in Jefferson County, Ky.; studied law; admitted to the bar and commenced practice; member, State house of representatives 1832-1845; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1846 to the Thirtieth Congress; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1849; secretary of State of Kentucky 1851; appointed as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Henry Clay and served from July 6, to August 31, 1852, when a successor was elected; was not a candidate for renomination in 1852; appointed by President Franklin Pierce as Governor of the Territory of New Mexico 1853-1855; member, Kentucky house of representatives 1858-1885, and served as speaker in 1859; retired to his plantation near Louisville, Ky., where he died April 4, 1893; interment in Cave Hill Cemetery) Taos news, Sept. 22, 2019, viewed November 27, 2021 (article: the trials and triumphs of Daivd Meriwether; Meriwether became the third territorial governor of New Mexico, after being appointed in 1853 by President Franklin Pierce; He served until 1857 before returning to Kentucky, where he served in the legislature and later died in 1893.) <https://www.taosnews.com/magazines/leyendas-tradiciones/the-trials-and-triumphs-of-david-meriwether/article_01f4c677-2ad8-5588-9e92-c8085f9a3445.html> |
| Associated language | eng |
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