| LC control no. | nr 94029475 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Desha, Joseph, 1768-1842 |
| See also | Kentucky. Governor (1824-1828 : Desha) |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Fayette County (Ky.) Tennessee Mason County (Ky.) Harrison County (Ky.) |
| Birth date | 1768-12-09 |
| Death date | 1842-10-11 |
| Place of birth | Monroe County (Pa.) |
| Place of death | Georgetown (Ky.) |
| Affiliation | Republican Party (U.S. : 1792-1828) Kentucky. General Assembly. House of Representatives Kentucky. General Assembly. House of Representatives Kentucky. General Assembly. Senate United States. Congress. House Kentucky. Governor |
| Profession or occupation | Governors Legislators Farmers |
| Found in | Kentucky. Governor (1824-1828 : Desha). Governor's message in reply to the resolutions adopted in the House of Representatives on the motion of Mr. Breckenridge, 1825: p. 39 (Joseph Desha) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress, 1989 (Desha, Joseph; served in the Indian wars under Gen. Anthony Wayne and William H. Harrison in 1794; farmer in Ky.; Ky. state legislator; Congressman, 1807-1819; governor of Ky., 1824-28; b. Monroe Co., Pa., 12/9/1768; d. near Georgetown, Ky., 10/11/1842) The Kentucky encyclopedia, ©1992: page 264 (Joseph Desha, Democratic Republican governor of Kentucky 1824-1828. Family moved to Fayette County, Ky. in 1781 then to Tennessee in 1784. Married and moved to Mason County, Ky. where he was a farmer, later farmed in Harrison County, Ky. Served in the War of 1812. Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1797 and 1799-1802, the Kentucky Senate in 1802-1807 and the U. S. House 1807-1819) |
| Associated language | eng |
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