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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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