Solomon P. Sharp.
Title
Solomon P . Sharp .
Creator
Levin, H. (editor)
Contributors
Lewis Publishing Company (publisher)
Description
Solomon P . Sharp was born in 1787 in Virginia . His family moved to Logan County in Kentucky shortly before the end of the century . Sharp was called to the bar in his early 20's , opening a legal practice first in Russellville , Kentucky , later in Bowling Green , Kentucky . In 1809 , he was elected to represent Warren County in the lower house of the Kentucky legislature , where he served until 1812 . He was elected to US Congress in 1813 and reelected once before losing his seat in 1817 . He returned to the Kentucky House and in 1821 he was appointed Kentucky's attorney general . In 1825 , Sharp was fatally stabbed by Jereboam Beauchamp . Beauchamp believed that Sharp had offended the honor of his wife , the former Anna Cooke , and his story was celebrated as the "Kentucky Tragedy " by poets and novelists as diverse as Edgar Allen Poe and Robert Penn Warren .
Subject
Lawyers Legislators Portraits
People Pictured
Sharp, Solomon P.
Date Original
1897
Object Type
Book illustrations
Source
28 x 22 cm. b&w plate. Opposite p. 109 in H. Levin, The Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky. Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co, 1897. In Law Library Rare Book Collection.
Citation Information
Levin, H. The Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky. Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co, 1897.
Collection
Law Library Collection
Collection Website
http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/law/
Digital Publisher
Law Library of the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville
Format
image/jpeg
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