W.H. Wadsworth.
Title
W.H . Wadsworth .
Creator
Levin, H. (editor)
Contributors
Lewis Publishing Company (publisher)
Description
William Henry Wadsworth was born in Maysville , Kentucky , on July 4 , 1821 . He was educated at the Maysville Seminary , becoming a lifelong friend of Ulysses S . Grant , After study in Augusta College , he read law in the office of Payne & Waller and was admitted to the bar . In 1853 he was elected to the state senate . In 1861 , he was elected as a Unionist to the U.S . Congress . He was re-elected in 1863 . During the period of reconstruction in the South he resumed the practice of law in Maysville Kentucky In 1884 , he was once again elected to Congress as a Republican . He died in Maysville in 1893 and was buried in the Maysville Cemetery .
Subject
Lawyers Legislators Portraits
People Pictured
Wadsworth, William Henry
Date Original
1897
Object Type
Book illustrations
Source
28 x 22 cm. b&w plate. Opposite p. 671 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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