| LC control no. | nr 92037416 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Metcalfe, Thomas, 1780-1855 |
| See also | Kentucky. Governor (1828-1832 : Metcalfe) |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Fayette County (Ky.) Frankfort, Ky. Nicholas County (Ky.) |
| Birth date | 1780-03-20 |
| Death date | 1885-08-18 |
| Place of birth | Fauquier County (Va.) |
| Place of death | Nicholas County (Ky.) |
| Affiliation | Kentucky. General Assembly. House of Representatives United States. Congress. House National Republican Party (U.S.) Kentucky. General Assembly. Senate United States. Congress. Senate |
| Profession or occupation | Governors Legislators--United States Army officers |
| Found in | Kentucky. An act to incorporate the Lexington and Ohio Rail Road Company, 1830: p. 11 (Governor Thomas Metcalfe) DAB (Metcalfe, Thomas; Ky. gov., 1828-32; representative; senator; b. 3/20/1780; d. 8/18/1855) Kentucky encyclopedia, ©1992: pages 629-630 (Thomas Metcalfe, governor of Kentucky 1828-1832, born in Fauquier County, Virginia. Moved to Fayette County, Ky. around 1804, then settled in Nicholas County. Served in the Kentucky House from 1812 to 1816 and was a captain in the War of 1812. Served as a U.S. representative March 4, 1819 to June 1, 1828 as a National Republican. Elected governor of Kentucky, serving from August 26, 1828 to September 4, 1832. Then served as a state senator from 1834 to 1838 and a U.S. senator from June 23, 1848 to March 3, 1849. Returned to his Nicholas County farm where he died on August 18, 1885) |
| Associated language | eng |
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