december september seventh governor kentucky person ascend office death sitting governor family moved kentucky virginia young member kentucky militia serving political career received citation state legislature recognition service battle new spending decade state legislature slaughter elected fourth lieutenant governor serving war end tenure slaughter ran governor state governor noted military leader years later slaughter elected lieutenant governor serving madison died short time term slaughter acting governor sought sworn governor public sentiment turned replaced son law secretary state pope unpopular figure kentucky appointment general_assembly began special election replace slaughter measure pass slaughter able shed title acting governor following term governor slaughter baptist lay minister served board trustees died september buried family cemetery early life born virginia december son robert harrison slaughter educated county public schools worked farmer slaughter married cousin couple daughters slaughter father visited kentucky early moved permanently september sold land virginia family followed father kentucky known large mansion lexington nicknamed rest vast number travelers allowed stay guests future lieutenant governor soon arrival kentucky wife sarah died leaving slaughter care daughters slaughter appointed justice peace governor year named tax commissioner district return trip virginia slaughter married second wife couple returned slaughter home children ann slaughter service kentucky general assembly slaughter political career began earnest election representing named probably served chair delivered committee reports assembly unclear seek election defeated year case filled space legislative hiatus serving trustee newly incorporated elected state house addition served joint committee reported state treasurer offices records served chairman house sat committee november slaughter elected state house served kentucky senate chosen commissioners charged selling stock shares chartered clear mouth mouth south fork candidate president kentucky senate following death senate presiding officer lieutenant governor ultimately proved popular choice served chair slaughter elected lieutenant governor man race received times number votes nearest opponent year term governor largely exact date unknown likely death slaughter second wife preceded election lieutenant governor october married wife elizabeth thompson widow prohibited kentucky constitution succeeding lieutenant governor slaughter ran governor kentucky impending war england drew military hero governor race despite immense popularity slaughter refused withdraw race beaten margin following defeat slaughter took year hiatus public life engaged farming estate service state militia slaughter commissioned lieutenant colonel kentucky militia december promoted rank major colonel answered governor volunteers serve army southwest general general deliver promised supplies slaughter regiment private funds purchase boats travel mississippi_river ran short weapons arrival new_orleans january general jackson noted official report man armed man arms citizens new_orleans provided firearms equip rest slaughter men kentucky battalion despite vastly outnumbered jackson forces victorious units kentucky tennessee including slaughter regiment bore british attack slaughter later recognized state legislature service following service jackson asked slaughter court martial verdict satisfactory jackson ordered slaughter reconsider reverse decision slaughter declined know duty performed decision respected jackson apparently harm mutual respect slaughter ascension governorship slaughter elected post lieutenant governor elected governor opposition madison died october slaughter ascended governorship time sitting governor died office kentucky questioned legality slaughter status position following governor madison death secretary state offered step slaughter preferred appoint post letter explicit resignation declared intention work slaughter governor choose retain slaughter replace senator apparently political favor proved disastrous slaughter political career popular virtue son law twice governor contrast pope extremely unpopular vote declaring war war panned state newspapers prominent citizens future governor slaughter followed unpopular decision appointing member hated fill senate seat despite general_assembly appointment permanent convened december administration candidate term defeated general_assembly opted january faction led proposed bill calling election governor fill vacancy death governor madison measure failed legislative elections showed popular mandate special gubernatorial election passed bill calling elections vote measure died state senate slaughter officially given title governor referred lieutenant governor acting governor administration general_assembly slaughter pope failing require proper security oath office state treasurer slaughter led demise proposals regardless merits suggested comprehensive system public schools idea proposed previous governors slaughter devised means funding hostile legislature refused plan slaughter bills allowed individual schools supported slaughter proposed reform system recommended internal improvements including creation state library measures rejected slaughter governorship complicated financial panic spent majority term working stabilize state economy politicians day generally divided favored measures favorable called relief position party insisted creditors paid timely manner called anti relief position party december general_assembly passed law requiring month collection debts slaughter anti relief partisan vetoed bill relief party legislators held large majority general_assembly thanks previous fall elections veto following february general_assembly passed liberal stay law preventing collection debts year accept payments notes years demanded payment backed notes actions precursor controversy slaughter clashed general_assembly potential solutions crisis state level adopted strong states rights policy national level challenged supreme_court ruling individual states tax branches bank religious leadership later life following term governor slaughter failed bid return state senate elected state house_of_representatives serving single term term continued support measures improve education voted ask congress aid deaf dumb school state opposed fines state learning state treasury named joint committee investigate use state concurrent political career slaughter took leading role affairs church born tradition church_of_england soon associated baptist congregation served messenger congregation associations connected thirty years association slaughter served clerk body annual meeting later served years helped found following term state house slaughter retired politics active lay minister baptist faith appointed board trustees baptist college georgetown kentucky died september interred family 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