W. P. D. Bush.
Title
W . P . D . Bush .
Creator
Levin, H. (editor)
Contributors
Lewis Publishing Company (publisher)
Description
William P . D . Bush was born in 1823 on his father's farm in Hardin County , Kentucky . He was educated at the Hardin Seminary in Elizabethtown , Kentucky . After reading law , in 1846 he was admitted to the bar and was appointed deputy clerk of the county and circuit courts of Hancock County . During the Mexican War , he served in the Fourth Kentucky Infantry Regiment . On his return he opened a law office in Hawesville . He was selected Hancock County attorney . In 1853 , Bush was elected as a Whig to represent Hancock County in the Kentucky legislature . He served again from 1861 to 1863 and again from 1865 to 1867 as a Democrat . In 1868 he was appointed as reporter of the decisions of the Kentucky Court of Appeals , a position he held for twelve years . Bush died in Louisville in 1904 and was buried in Cave Hill Cemetery .
Subject
Lawyers Legislators Portraits
People Pictured
Bush, William Preston Duvall
Date Original
1897
Object Type
Book illustrations
Source
28 x 22 cm. b&w plate. Opposite p. 287 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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