William Logan (politician)
William Logan | |
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Speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives | |
| In office 1803–1807 | |
| Preceded by | John Adair |
| Succeeded by | Henry Clay |
| Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives | |
| In office 1803–1806 1808 | |
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| Born | December 8, 1776 Harrodsburg, Kentucky |
| Died | August 8, 1822 (aged 45) Shelby County, Kentucky |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican |
William Logan (December 8, 1776 – August 8, 1822) was a United States Senator from Kentucky.
Born within the fort at Harrodsburg, Logan spent his early childhood in St. Asaphs Fort, receiving private instruction from his parents and tutors. He moved to Shelby County about 1798. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced. He was delegate to Kentucky's constitutional convention in 1799 and worked as a state commissioner in siting the new Barren County's seat of government (at Glasgow, a new settlement probably named for the Scottish hometown of Logan's father[1]) the same year.
Logan was a member of the
Democratic Republican to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1819, to May 28, 1820, when he resigned to run for governor in 1820. (He did not succeed, instead serving as a commissioner of the Kentucky River Company.) Logan died at his residence in Shelby County and was interred in the Logan family burial ground near Shelbyville
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References
- ISBN 0813126312. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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