CONFDERATE CONGRESSMEN OF KENTUCKY ---------------------------------------------------- Contributed to the USGW Kentucky Archives by: Joey Oller "joller@ne.infi.net" February 09, 1999 ---------------------------------------------------- CONFDERATE CONGRESSMEN OF KENTUCKY By Joey Oller During the war Kentucky had twenty-two representatives serving in the Confederate Congress. This number was only surpassed by Alabama (24), Georgia (32), N. Carolina (27, Tennessee (23) and Virginia (35). Of the native born Kentuckians serving in the Confederate Congress there was a total of thirty-one, which tied with Tennessee ranking 4th to Virginia (67), Georgia (39), and North Carolina (37). The list below gives the birthplace, burial location, and respective state of each official that had a distinctive Kentucky connection. ---INFO AKEN FROM BIOGRAPHICAL REGISTER OF THE CONFEDERATE CONGRESS, WARNER & YEARNS REPRESENTATIVE BIRTH BURIAL LOCATION STATE John Robert Baylor (1822-1894) Paris, KY Uvalde, TX TEXAS Benjamin Franklin Bradley (1825-1897) Georgetown, KY Georgetown, KY KENTUCKY Robert Jefferson Breckinridge (1833-1915) Baltimore, MD Lexington, KY KENTUCKY Eli Metcalf Bruce (1828-1866) Flemingsburg, KY Ft. Mitchell, KY KENTUCKY (1) Horatio Washington Bruce (1830-1903) Vanceburg, KY Louisville, KY KENTUCKY Henry Cornelius Burnett (1825-1866) Essex Co., VA Cadiz, KY KENTUCKY Theodore Legrand Burnett (1829-1917) Spencer Co., VA Louisville, KY KENTUCKY William Paris Chilton (1810-1871) Elizabethtown, KY Montgomery, AL ALABAMA James Stone Chrisman (1818-1881) Monticello, KY Monticello, KY KENTUCKY John Bullock Clark (1802-1885) Madison Co., KY Fayette, MO MISSOURI John Watkins Crockett (1818-1874) Jassamine Co., KY Henderson, KY KENTUCKY John Milton Ellitott (1820-1879) Scott Co., VA Frankfort, KY KENTUCKY George Washington Ewing (1808-1888) Logan Co., KY Adairville, KY KENTUCKY Samuel Howard Ford (1819-1905) London, England St. Louis, MO KENTUCKY Thomas Jefferson Foster (1809-1887) Nashville, TN Unknown in KY ALABAMA Thomas W. Freeman (1824-1865) Anderson Co., KY St. Louis, MO MISSOURI Stephen Fowler Hale (1816-1862) Crittenden Co., KY Eutaw, AL ALABAMA Thomas Burton Hanley (1812-1880) Nicholasville, KY Little Rock, AK ARKANSAS Thomas Alexander Harris (1826-1895) Warren Co., VA Louisville, KY MISSOURI Gustanvus Aldophus Henry (1804-1880) Scott Co., KY Clarksville, TN TENNESSEE George Baird Hodge (1828-1892) Fleming Co., KY Newport, KY KENTUCKY Robert Ward Johnson (1814-1879) Scott Co., KY Little Rock, AK ARKANSAS Thomas Johnson (1812-1906) Montgomery Co., KY Mt. Sterling, KY KENTUCKY Willis Benson Machen (1810-1893) Loyn Co., KY Eddyville, KY KENTUCKY Humphrey Marshall (1812-1872) Frankfort, KY Frankfort, KY KENTUCKY Thomas Bell Monroe (1791-1865) Albemarle, VA Pass Christian, MS KENTUCKY James William Moore (1818-1877) Montgomery Co., KY Mt. Sterling, KY KENTUCKY Nimrod Lindsay Norton (1830-1903) Nicholas Co., KY Auston,TX MISSOURI Henry English Read (1824-1868) LaRue Co., KY Elizabethtown, KY KENTUCKY William Elliott Simms (1822-1898) Cynthiana, KY Paris, KY KENTUCKY Otho Robards Singleton (1814-1889) Jessamine Co., KY Canton, MS MISSISSIPPI William Russell Smith (1815-1896) Russellville, KY Washington, DC ALABAMA John J. Thomas (1813-1882) Albemarle, VA Paducah, KY KENTUCKY George Washington Triplett (1809-1894) Franklin Co., KY Owensboro, KY KENTUCKY George Graham Vest (1830-1862) Frankfort, KY St. Louis, MO MISSOURI George Talliaferro Ward (1810-1862) Fayette Co., KY Williamsburg, VA FLORIDA Daniel Pierce White (1814-1890) Green Co., KY Greensburg, KY KENTUCKY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons.Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent.