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Thomas Elliott Bramlette, Florence Edmonds
Thomas Elliott Bramlette, Florence Edmonds
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
Biography of Thomas Elliott Bramlette orator and statesman of Cumberland County, Kentucky.
Young Ewing Allison, Mary Shutt
Young Ewing Allison, Mary Shutt
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
Probably no other period in American history has been more productive of romance, strife, bravery, aggressiveness, and conflicting ideas of thought than the period from 1850 to 1865.
One who was fortunate enough to be born in the early years of that period, would have been old enough by 1865 for those various experiences to have branded his future life. Young E. Allison was so fortunate. He was born in Henderson, Kentucky, on December 23, 1853 and was named after his father, who was county judge and county clerk.
Kentucky In The Election Of 1896, John Dickey
Kentucky In The Election Of 1896, John Dickey
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
The story of the election of 1896 and the part played by Kentucky in that great conflict offers no parallel, so far as interest in a national election is concerned, in the annals of the political history of the state. Perhaps in no other nationwide campaign did both Kentucky's leaders and her citizenry as well take such an active and intensive part. State and national leaders were extolled on the one hand, and degraded on the other. Party principles were invoked to bear witness to the truth by one group, and condemned as the diabolical instruments of the money power …
Amos Kendall In Kentucky, Kenneth Lam
Amos Kendall In Kentucky, Kenneth Lam
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
In the writing of this thesis, I have endeavored chiefly to depict the character and public works of Amos Kendall in Kentucky. In so doing, it has been my purpose to give the reader some conception of the important political questions of the time and the relation of Kendall to them. His life was one of bitter controversies, of humiliating defeats followed by brilliant victories, and toward the end, one of peace vitalized by the promotion of worthwhile public institutions. His place in history, whether good or bad, has been little understood or appreciated; and it is my sincere desire …