Preceded by John Gaillard Preceded by 2nd Territorial Governor George Izard Preceded by Henry Clay |
John Pope President pro tempore of the US Senate1811 3rd Governor of Arkansas Territory1829—1835 US Senator (Class 3) from Kentucky1807—1813 |
Succeeded by William H. Crawford Succeeded by 4th Territorial Governor William S. Fulton Succeeded by Jesse Bledsoe |
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"Upon the death of Gov. Izard, the duties of Governor again devolved upon Robert Crittenden, Secretary, until the arrival of John Pope, of Kentucky, who was appointed Governor by President Jackson in March, 1829. Gov. Pope reached the seat of government in the month of May of the same year. He was the first of the Governors to bring with him his family, servants and household goods.
Gov. Pope was a native of Virginia, where he was born in the year 1770. He emigrated to Kentucky in 1794, and settled at Lexington, where he began the practice of the law. He had a strong leaning towards politics, and soon became a power in his party. In 1806 he was elected a United States Senator from Kentucky, and had as his colleague Henry Clay. He was re-appointed Governor of the Territory in 1832, and served until the end of the term in 1835, when he was superseded by William S. Fulton, who had been the Secretary of the Territory during- Gov. Pope's first and second terms.
At the expiration of his second term. Gov. Pope returned with his family to Kentucky and became a candidate for a seat in Congress, but was defeated by Ben. Hardin. He was again a candidate for Congress in 1838, and was elected, and was re-elected in 1840. He made a visit to Arkansas, on business, in 1844, and died soon after his return to Kentucky, in the seventy-fourth year of his age.
Gov. Pope was a brother-in-law to John Quincy Adams, but voted for Gen. Jackson in 1824, and actively canvassed Virginia and Kentucky in Jackson's behalf in the campaign of 1828..." [1]
Born
FEB 1773. Prince William County, Virginia, USA.
Died
12 JUL 1845. Springfield, Washington County, Kentucky, USA.
Buried
Cemetery Hill Cemetery, Springfield, Washington County, Kentucky, USA. [2]
Grave Headstone picture has date of Feb 1773, while Encyclopedia of Arkansas and Wikipedia give Feb 1770. Find A Grave: Memorial #7781373
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