joseph july september lawyer politician state kentucky member serving speaker appointed kentucky secretary state governor member political family son attorney general father vice president born virginia john moved kentucky parents elected traveled washington completed preparatory studies enrolled princeton_university studies interrupted participated student protest strict rules rigorous curriculum institution year long break returned completed bachelor degree graduation married daughter university president intended begin practicing law lexington kentucky enlisted service war instead war opened practice elected led unsuccessful attempt ascended governorship death served speaker house appointed secretary state moved state capital attend duties office fell ill fever august died office september early life family born virginia july second child son john née named maternal grandfather virginia political family known life family moved lexington kentucky late year smallpox epidemic struck city came late mother siblings infected mother sister survived sister mary brother robert died historian wrote little known speculates probably attended local schools read father extensive library years old father elected family moved virginia lived relatives order closer elder congressional session attended case prevented attending william father alma mater cousin future congressman enrolled accompanied father capital witnessed debates returning college october congress march met son virginia arrived family estate near lexington april return virginia father late instead pursuing preparatory studies colonel advance enrollment princeton_university studies princeton_university arrived princeton new_jersey late december completed final exams april declined father offer come washington needed catch studies term began joined american whig society debating society founded learned father sick long received word father improving expected meet virginia route capital rendezvous location set assumed relatives october traveled uncle home wait father came disappointed returned princeton beginning new term unaware father recovery short lived later learned father attempted leave october collapsed horse returned sick bed died december january travelers kentucky finally brought news death despite declaration relative consider life dedicated mother ease continued studies died settlement estate creating financial difficulties receiving support father desperate appealed sister husband son senator assistance march students organized protest college strict conduct policies rigorous study requirements protest included signing formal petition protest college administrators subsequently suspended refused withdraw petition required apologize protest order return school refused left princeton philadelphia found available stages heading west weeks unable afford room board long went virginia stay relatives considered mary fall term believing complete studies months ultimately decided harrison lack correspondence family kentucky july july indicated period july decided return princeton october finish studies roommate university president ardent influence convinced slavery ended voluntary emancipation government interference completed bachelor degree marriage law practice completing degree began daughter university president granddaughter declaration independence graduation home returned princeton smith married couple children caroline went represent kentucky houses congress elected vice president united_states fifth final secretary war attending wedding celebrations friends relatives princeton philadelphia new_york_city couple moved widowed mother commence practice entered war commissioned major served aide camp later refer war campaigns illinois war returned kentucky admitted bar opened practice lexington concurrent practice served professor religion helped found lexington ruling elders purchased hill home lexington political career elected democratic republican represent gaining largest majority given candidate office county point historian notes legislative career began national largely presidency political disagreements relatively erupted kentucky october death governor weeks term lieutenant governor acting governor rescinded madison appointment secretary state replacing senator unpopular vote declaring war slaughter followed appointing widely regarded despite nominal identification democratic republicans fill senate vacancy caused resignation appointments unpopular state january formed coalition legislators house sponsored bill elect governor fill vacancy death madison essentially attempt slaughter governorship bill passed house vote senate refused madison death time lieutenant governor succeeded permanently governorship establishing precedent future instances anti slaughter candidates elected legislative elections elected chosen speaker house years friend newly elected governor appointed kentucky secretary state appointment historian wrote prestigious albeit influential position require time presence capital remained lexington birth son january february family moved live mother opposed intended permanent acquaintance wrote plans extensive hopes high family life state capital addition duties secretary state continued practice law death term health increasingly fragile illness described contemporary accounts prevailing fever struck lexington took children prevent ill returned late august contracted fever despite care brother john local doctors died september week falling ill originally buried grounds family members interred near grave brother left debts nation panic assets pay obligations wife fell ill pregnant couple sixth child depressed death subsequent financial straits suffered children moved widowed mother years dependent laws survival brother robert assumed debts paid
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