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Wickliffe, C. A. (Charles Anderson), 1788-1869

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Personal name headingWickliffe, C. A. (Charles Anderson), 1788-1869
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Variant(s)Wickliffe, Charles Anderson, 1788-1869
See alsoKentucky. Governor (1839-1840 : Wickliffe)
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Associated countryUnited States
LocatedBardstown (Ky.) Frankfort (Ky.) Washington (D.C.)
Birth date1788-06-08
Death date1869-10-31
Place of birthSpringfield (Ky.)
Place of deathHoward County (Md.)
AffiliationKentucky. Governor
Kentucky. General Assembly. House of Representatives
Kentucky. General Assembly. House of Representatives
United States. Congress. House
Whig Party (U.S.)
Profession or occupationGovernors Legislators Attorneys Lieutenant governors
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Found inLincoln, A. ALS to the Kentucky delegation, 1861 July 29 (C.A. Wickliffe)
Kentucky. Governor (1839-1840 : Wickliffe). Message of lieutenant and acting governor Wickliffe, to the legislature of Kentucky, 1840: p. 4 (C.A. Wickliffe)
DAB (Charles Anderson Wickliffe; b. June 8, 1788; d. Oct. 31, 1869; Kentucky official; served as governor of Kentucky, 1839-1840; congressman; postmaster general)
RLIN database, 3/29/93 (hdg.: Wickliffe, Charles Anderson, 1788-1869; usage: C.A. Wickliffe)
Find A Grave (website), viewed September 18, 2020 (Charles Anderson Wickliffe, died in Ilchester, Howard County, Maryland)
Kentucky encyclopedia, ©1992: pages 950-951 (Charles Anderson Wickliffe, governor of Kentucky 1839-1840, born near Springfield, Ky. on June 8, 1788. Read law in Bardstown and in 1809 was admitted to the bar. After service as a commonwealth's attorney, Wickliffe served in the state House (1812-1814) and in active duty on the western Canadian front. Elected to the state House again in 1820 and 1821, then spent a decade in the U.S. House of Representatives (March 4, 1823-March 3, 1833) as a Whig. Elected as lieutenant governor to James Clark, served after Clark died, September 27, 1839-September 2, 1840. Was appointed U.S. postmaster general 1841-1845. Elected to the U.S. House again in 1861 (March 4, 1861 - March 3, 1863). Died on October 31, 1869.)
Associated languageeng