James P. Metcalfe

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1822-12-17

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1889-07-15

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"James P. Metcalfe" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00005362, (accessed March 16, 2025).

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Kentucky attorney and politician. Kentucky native. Married to Mary A. Metcalfe. Father of Eilabeth D. Metcalfe and Isabella Metcalfe. Member of the House of the Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Nicholas County in 1849 and 1850. Member of the Democratic Party. Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1852 to 1854. Reporter for the Court of Appeals of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1858. Attorney in Frankfort, Kentucky, in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 76.
The Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, Ky.), October 21, 1858, p. 2.
"Representatives Elected," The Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, Ky.), August 20, 1850, p. 2.
Office of the Kentucky Secretary of State, "Secretary of State James P. Metcalfe," (http://apps.sos.ky.gov/secdesk/sosinfo/default.aspx?id=33) (accessed on May 8,2017). Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, History of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Covington, Ky.: Collins & Co., 1878), 651.
"James P. Metcalfe (1822-1889)," Find A Grave, Memorial 135755630, accessed May 8, 2017, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135755630.

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