David Meriwether (Kentucky politician)
David Meriwether | |
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Lazarus W. Powell | |
Preceded by | John William Finnell |
Succeeded by | James P. Metcalfe |
Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives | |
In office 1832–1845 1858–1885 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Louisa County, Virginia, U.S. | October 30, 1800
Died | April 4, 1893 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. | (aged 92)
Resting place | Cave Hill Cemetery Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
David Meriwether (October 30, 1800 – April 4, 1893) was a United States Senator from Kentucky and a Governor of the New Mexico Territory.
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Meriwether was appointed as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Henry Clay, and served from July 6, 1852, to August 31, 1852, when Archibald Dixon was elected his successor. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1852.
In 1853, Meriwether was appointed by President Franklin Pierce as Governor of the Territory of New Mexico[1] after the position was turned down by Solon Borland, and continued in office to 1855. From April to July 1854, when Meriwether was out of state, the Secretary of the Territory, William S. Messervy, was acting Governor.[2][3][4]
Meriwether later served again in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1858 to 1885, and served as speaker in 1859. After this he retired to his plantation near Louisville, Kentucky. He was interred in Cave Hill Cemetery.
References
- ^ State of New Mexico (July 2012). Kathryn A. Flynn (ed.). 2012 Centennial Blue Book (PDF). Diana J. Duran. Office of the New Mexico Secretary of State. p. 210. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2015. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
- ^ W. G. Ritch, The Legislative Blue-book of the Territory of New Mexico (Santa Fe, New Mexico: Charles W. Greene, 1882), p. 118
- ^ “Indian Disbursements” in Executive Documents, Printed by Order of the Senate of the United States, Vol. 11 (Washington: Beverley Tucker, Senate Printer, 1855), p. 227
- ^ "Messervy, William S.", snaccooperative.org, citing Guide to the William S. Messervy Collection, 1791-1927 (Museum of New Mexico Fray Angélico Chávez History Library), accessed 24 June 2022
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Meriwether, David. My Life in the Mountains and on the Plains. Edited by Robert A. Griffen. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1965.