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    Lazarus Whitehead Powell (October 6, 1812 – July 3, 1867) was the 19th Governor of Kentucky, serving from 1851 to 1855. He was later elected to represent...
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    Kentucky Governor Lazarus W. Powell from parts of Clark, Estill, and Montgomery counties. It is no longer a dry county as of 2018. Powell County is home...
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    nominee and former member of the Kentucky House of Representatives Lazarus W. Powell defeated Whig nominee and former Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky Archibald...
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    nominee and former member of the Kentucky House of Representatives Lazarus W. Powell. On election day, 7 August 1848, Whig nominee John J. Crittenden won...
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    May, Major Benjamin McCulloch of Texas and Kentucky senator-elect Lazarus W. Powell arrived at Camp Scott as peace commissioners with a proclamation of...
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  • Lazarus W. Powell (1812–1867) was a U.S. Senator from Kentucky from 1859 to 1865. Senator Powell may also refer to: Beverly Powell (born 1951), Texas State...
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  • nomination: George H. Pendleton, James Guthrie, Lazarus W. Powell, George W. Cass, John D. Caton, Daniel W. Voorhees, Augustus C. Dodge, and John S. Phelps...
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  • (Kentucky), Waldo P. Johnson (Missouri), Trusten Polk (Missouri), Lazarus W. Powell (Kentucky), and Lyman Trumbull (Illinois). Breckinridge, Johnson,...
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  • governor of St Helena from 1742 to 1748 Lazarus W. Powell (1812–1867), 19th Governor of Kentucky Wesley Powell (1915–1981), 70th Governor of New Hampshire...
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    Senate from 1867 to 1875, and in 1868 wrote the memoirs of Governors Lazarus W. Powell and John L. Helm. His association with Catholic interests in Kentucky...
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    New Jersey Former Governor Thomas H. Seymour of Connecticut Senator Lazarus W. Powell of Kentucky (Declined to be Nominated) Former President Franklin Pierce...
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    by moving to adjourn. That motion was defeated 5–31, after which Lazarus W. Powell of Kentucky began to speak, yielding for a motion to adjourn from...
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    was attended by governors Robert P. Letcher, John J. Crittenden and Lazarus W. Powell, as well as George D. Prentice, the editor of the Louisville Journal...
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    the January 8, 1851, state Democratic convention, which nominated Lazarus W. Powell for governor. A week later, he announced that he would seek election...
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    the then-incumbent Governor of Kentucky, Lazarus W. Powell. John J. Crittenden (Whig) 78 votes Lazarus W. Powell (Democratic) 59 votes James Pearce won...
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  • Wallace Jones, Iowa (1848–1859) Samuel McRoberts, Illinois (1841–1843) Lazarus W. Powell, Kentucky (1859–1865), also Governor of Kentucky William Alexander...
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    Buchanan's pardon to Brigham Young in Utah (the other being former Gov. Lazarus W. Powell of Kentucky). As the Commissioners stated during meetings with Brigham...
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    Society in 1856. The state geological survey begun under Governor Lazarus W. Powell was completed and published. Internal improvements progressed as well;...
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  • Carolina, who considered him a hero. 1862: The expulsion of Senator Lazarus W. Powell, Democrat of Kentucky, was sought for support for Confederate rebellion...
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    nomination. The Democrats were finally able to nominate Henderson lawyer Lazarus W. Powell. As Crittenden canvassed the state, his opponents charged him with...
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  • Rice Democratic Minnesota Not expelled Charged with corruption 1862 Lazarus W. Powell Democratic Kentucky Not expelled Accused of supporting the Confederate...
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    Owsley. In 1851, the Whigs nominated him for governor, but he lost to Lazarus W. Powell, his former law partner. Dixon represented Henderson County at the...
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    1855– Mar 3, 1861 Whig John J. Crittenden 18 35th Know Nothing 15 Lazarus W. Powell Democratic Mar 4, 1859 – Mar 3, 1865 Elected in 1858. Retired to run...
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    river pirate Carl D. Melton, Kentucky state representative and judge Lazarus W. Powell, former governor of Kentucky Ann Rutledge, first love of Abraham Lincoln;...
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    listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 9, 1976. Powell, p. 46 Allen, p. 107 NGA Bio Owen, p. 68 Biographical Sketch, pp. 16–17...
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    Nay Edwin D. Morgan R New York Yea Samuel C. Pomeroy R Kansas Yea Lazarus W. Powell D Kentucky Nay Alexander Ramsey R Minnesota Yea William A. Richardson...
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  • 1850. p. 3. Retrieved August 26, 2023. Sobel 1978, pp. 521–522. "Lazarus Whitehead Powell". National Governors Association. December 8, 2015. Retrieved March...
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    Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: A Political, Social and Military History. W.W. Norton & Company. p. 441. ISBN 0-393-04758-X. "The White House Historical...
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    Heidler; David J. Coles (2002). Encyclopedia of the American Civil War. W.W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0-393-04758-X. Archived from the original on January...
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    May, Major Benjamin McCulloch of Texas and Kentucky senator-elect Lazarus W. Powell arrived at Camp Scott as peace commissioners with a proclamation of...
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