Humphrey Marshall.
Title
Humphrey Marshall .
Creator
Levin, H. (editor)
Contributors
Lewis Publishing Company (publisher)
Description
Humphrey Marshall was born in Fauquier County , Virginia , in 1760 . A soldier in the Virginia Revolutionary forces , he later moved to Kentucky in 1782 where he was admitted to the bar in Fayette County . He was a member of Kentucky House of Representatives 1793-1794 and was elected as a Federalist to the United States Senate where he sat from 1795 to 1801 . Marshall briefly returned to the Kentucky legislature , serving from 1807-1809 , but his Federalist politics fell out of favor and he turned his attentions to literary pursuits . He was the author of the first history of Kentucky , published in 1812 . He died near Lexington , Kentucky , in 1841 , and was buried on his farm in Leestown , Kentucky .
Subject
Lawyers Judges Legislators Portraits
People Pictured
Marshall, Humphrey, 1760-1841
Date Original
1897
Object Type
Book illustrations
Source
28 x 22 cm. b&w plate. Opposite p. 174 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
Rating
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