january january 23rd governor kentucky elected guided state civil war beginning reconstruction outbreak war promising political career hold enlisted union_army raising commanding president abraham_lincoln appointed district attorney kentucky year later union democrats nominee governor election interference union_army gave landslide victory opponent year federal policies recruiting union_army writ corpus kentucky citizens caused abandon support lincoln administration declare state confederacy war issued general pardon state opposed ratification fourteenth establishment kentucky accomplishments related war aftermath reduction state debt establishment kentucky agricultural mechanical college following term governor returned legal practice louisville died january buried cave hill cemetery early life born january cumberland kentucky son colonel sarah father served terms kentucky senate terms kentucky house representatives studied law admitted bar age began practicing louisville kentucky september year married wives couple children thomas political career began elected represent general_assembly governor appointed commonwealth attorney resigned position continue legal practice relocating columbia kentucky whig nominee district seat house_of_representatives defeated democrat elected judge kentucky 6th judicial district serving distinction years military service resigned accepted commission colonel union_army august violation kentucky agreement remain neutral civil war raised commanded september 3rd kentucky marched lexington peace conference scheduled september arrest state junior senator delay allowed escape arrest enlisted shortly resigned military commission july tennessee returned louisville accept president abraham_lincoln offer united_states district attorney kentucky tenure position vigorously enforced kentucky wartime laws confederate governor kentucky union democrats chose candidate governor kentucky bell skeptical kentucky future union withdrew consideration party central committee chose replace bell declined commission brigadier general union_army race election union forces intimidated jailed supporters opponent governor result carried election margin nearly term turned offered seat nomination democratic candidate vice president civil war december addressed general_assembly declaring state fulfilled soldiers union army january following year proclaimed rebel held responsible guerrilla raids state specified stiff fines imprisonment found aiding assumed governorship staunch supporter union cause year issued proclamation state confederacy reasons reversal took issue general decision enlist kentucky military service asking measure taken kentucky failed meet situation worsened july president lincoln suspended writ corpus citizens commonwealth continually kentucky citizens interfering presidential election lieutenant governor state general_assembly convened january continued voice opposition union tactics urged passage thirteenth amendment maintaining institution slavery doomed reconstruction era despite disagreements lincoln administration proclaimed day prayer receiving news lincoln assassination general_assembly petitioned new president end martial law state tension state federal governments remained announced white male citizen years age resided commonwealth years eligible vote spurred democratic governor actions kentucky gave control houses general_assembly congressional seats democrats president johnson received message ending martial law restoring corpus kentucky general_assembly convened december sought restore harmony state issuing majority general_assembly opposed passage fourteenth fifteenth amendments protested establishment commonwealth proud accomplishments related civil war including reduction state debt establishment later supported construction financed government bonds development natural resources encouraged immigration obtain adequate labor support reconstruction efforts later life death following term governor conducted failed campaign senator married years death wife returned law practice louisville patron charitable organizations died louisville january following brief illness buried cave hill cemetery louisville
Thomas E. Bramlette