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    Robert Perkins Letcher (February 10, 1788 – January 24, 1861) was a politician and lawyer from the US state of Kentucky. He served as a U.S. Representative...
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    Perry counties, and named for Robert P. Letcher, Governor of Kentucky from 1840 to 1844. The area now known as Letcher County was first settled in the...
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  • player John Letcher, American lawyer and politician John D. Letcher, American academic Lesley Letcher, New Zealand soccer player Robert P. Letcher, American...
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  • Governor Letcher may refer to: John Letcher (1813–1884), 34th Governor of Virginia (Disputed from 1861) Robert P. Letcher (1788–1861), 15th Governor of...
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    Cemetery Pioneer explorer Daniel Boone and wife Rebecca Bryan. Gov. Robert P. Letcher Impressionist painter Paul Sawyier Confederate Monument in Frankfort...
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  • member-elect to the Twenty-third Congress, but the election was contested by Robert P. Letcher and the House declared a new election necessary. He was appointed...
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    Harlan, but some Whig factions opposed him, and he withdrew in March. Robert P. Letcher, a former congressman and governor who had won 14 elections in Kentucky...
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    of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 5th district Robert P. Letcher defeated Democratic nominee and former member of the U.S. House of...
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    Lawrence, on December 5, 1849. The wedding was attended by governors Robert P. Letcher, John J. Crittenden and Lazarus W. Powell, as well as George D. Prentice...
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    right of Hargous was negotiated in September 1849 between Ambassador Robert P. Letcher, under orders of Secretary Clayton, and former Mexican President Manuel...
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    isthmus was a "feasible and practical" idea. Clayton then instructed Robert P. Letcher, the minister to Mexico, to negotiate a treaty to protect Hargous'...
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    Archibald Dixon had secured support from former Whig governor Robert P. Letcher. Letcher wrote to Crittenden that a Whig split and Democratic victory in...
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    Collins, p. 105 Little, p. 155 Morton, p. 26 Allen, p. 100 "Chronological Listing" Sprague, p. 61 Pinheiro, p. 47 Sprague, p. 62 Little, p. 367 Little, p. 368...
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  • Philip Thompson (DR) Robert P. Henry (DR) 19th (1825–1827) David Trimble (NR) Thomas Metcalfe (NR) Henry Clay (NR) Robert P. Letcher (NR) James Johnson...
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    factions opposed him. Robert P. Letcher, a former governor who had not lost in 14 elections, was the Whigs' second choice. Letcher was an able campaigner...
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  • Kentucky Gazette. August 29, 1839. p. 2. Retrieved August 23, 2023. Sobel 1978, p. 518. "Robert Perkins Letcher". National Governors Association. December...
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    John Letcher (March 29, 1813 – January 26, 1884) was an American lawyer, journalist, and politician. He served as a Representative in the United States...
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    November 12, 2013 "Robert Ward Johnson (1814–1879)", Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture, accessed November 12, 2013 Langworthy, p. 39 Meyer, pp....
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    University where he taught, among others, future Kentucky Governor Robert P. Letcher and Robert Todd, the future father-in-law of Abraham Lincoln. Clay's most...
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    stepping down. He played the violin or fiddle along with his opponent, Robert P. Letcher, to attract voters, later claiming a narrow victory. After a single...
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    Society. Both a bricklayer and stonemason who helped build the house, Robert P. Letcher and Thomas Metcalf, later became governors and lived there. It was...
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    Elected in 1818. Re-elected in 1820. Redistricted to the 2nd district. Robert P. Letcher (Lancaster) Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican March 3, 1823 – March...
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    and Statistically Equivalent Entities" (PDF). Census Bureau. Ireland, Robert M. (1992). "Counties". In Kleber, John E. (ed.). The Kentucky Encyclopedia...
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    Register, p. 353 Heck, p. 54 National Governors Association Bullock Little, p. 205 Little, p. 210 Hibbs, p. 68 Hibbs, p. 69 Hibbs, p. 80 Hibbs, p. 140 Allen...
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    Governor before election Robert P. Letcher Whig Elected Governor William Owsley Whig...
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    to tradition, future governors Thomas Metcalfe (a stonemason) and Robert P. Letcher (who worked at his father's brickyard) participated in the construction...
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    In 1833, he managed the reelection campaign of Congressman Robert P. Letcher. When Letcher decided not to run for another term, Harlan ran successfully...
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    Affairs (Chairman: Richard M. Johnson) Naval Affairs (Chairman: Campbell P. White) Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Henry W. Connor) Private Land...
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    Jackson, Johnson, Knott, Knox, Laurel, Lawrence, Lee, Lincoln, Leslie, Letcher, Magoffin, Martin, McCreary, Menifee, Morgan, Owsley, Perry, Pike, Pulaski...
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  • Kentucky and Governor of Kentucky Travis Leffew b. 1983 Football player Robert P. Letcher 1788–1861 U.S. Representative, diplomat, and Governor of Kentucky...
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