| LC control no. | n 2001060219 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Leslie, Preston H. (Preston Hopkins), 1819-1907 |
| Variant(s) | Leslie, Preston Hopkins, 1819-1907 |
| See also | Kentucky. Governor (1871-1875 : Leslie) Montana Territory. Governor (1887-1889 : Leslie) |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Monroe County (Ky.) Helena (Mont.) Kentucky Montana |
| Birth date | 1819-03-08 |
| Death date | 1907-02-07 |
| Place of birth | Clinton County (Ky.) |
| Affiliation | Democratic Party (U.S.) Whig Party (U.S.) Kentucky. General Assembly. Senate Kentucky. General Assembly. House of Representatives Kentucky. Governor Montana Territory. Governor |
| Profession or occupation | Governors Territorial governors Legislators Lawyers |
| Found in | NUCMC data from Montana Historical Society for M. Ford interview, 1980 (Preston H. Leslie; Montana territorial governor) WWWA, 1897-1942 (Leslie, Preston Leslie; Ky. legislator and governor (1871-1875); gov. of Montana (1887-1889); and Helena lawyer; b. 1819; d. 1907) The Kentucky encyclopedia, ©1992: pages 544-545 (Preston Hopkins Leslie; born in Wayne (now Clinton) County, Ky. on March 8, 1819; attorney in Monroe County; elected to Kentucky state House in 1844 as a Whig party member, then elected to Kentucky state Senate 1850-1855 and in 1867, became a Democrat when Whig party was dying out; became governor of Kentucky February 13, 1871. Appointed by President Cleveland to be territorial governor of Montana 1887-1889; worked as an attorney in Helena, Montana; appointed as U.S. district attorney by President Cleveland in 1894; died February 7, 1907) Wikipedia, viewed February 15, 2019 (under Preston Leslie; served in Kentucky House of Representatives 1844-1850, in Kentucky Senate 1850-1855, as Kentucky's 26th governor February 13,1871-August 31, 1875, as Montana's 9th territorial governor February 18,1887-April 13, 1889 and as U.S. District Attorney for the Montana Territory 1894-1898.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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