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Biographies.....Metcalfe, Thomas  March 20 1780 - August 18 1855
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Author: The Biographical Encyclopaedia of Kentucky, J. M. 
Armstrong & Company, 1878
Gov. Thomas Metcalfe was born March 20, 1780, in Fauquier 
County, Virginia. His 
father was a captain in the Revolutionary War, and, in 
1785, emigrated to 
Kentucky, finally settling in Nicholas County. Thomas 
Metcalfe received an 
ordinary English education, and at the age of sixteen was 
apprenticed to his 
brother as a stone-mason, and subsequently followed that 
trade for a number of 
years. In 1812, he was elected to the Kentucky Legislature 
from Nicholas 
County, and was subsequently re-elected for several years; 
in 1813, raised a 
company of volunteers, and fought gallantly at Fort Meigs. 
In 1818, he was 
elected to Congress, and was continually re-elected, 
serving in that body until 
1828; in the latter year, was elected Governor, as the 
candidate of the National
Republican party, defeating major William T. Barry; and his 
administration
was characterized by wisdom and prudence. In 1834, he was 
elected to the
State Senate from Nicholas and Bracken Counties, serving 
until 1838; served
for several years as a member and President of the State 
Board of Internal
Improvements, and, subsequently, filled the unexpired term 
of Hon. John J.
Crittenden in the United States Senate. He died of cholera, 
August 18,
1855, at his home in Nicholas County. Gov. Metcalfe was one 
of the most
valuable men that ever lived in Nicholas County; was 
possessed of uncommon
intellect and force of character, and was one of the most 
naturally
eloquent men of his day. In honor of him, Metcalfe County 
was named.
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