The Cumberland Alumnus PDF Download

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 28. Chapters: Benjamin A. Enloe, Benjamin Horsley Littleton, Cale Young Rice, Charles K. Wheeler, DuVal West, Fletcher B. Swank, George Doherty Johnston, Harry E. Claiborne, Harry Phillips (judge), Henry C. Snodgrass, Isaac Goodnight, James Allred, James B. McCreary, John Bell (Tennessee politician), John Duncan, Sr., John Jay Good, John Kyle, John William Ross, Lucien C. Gause, Oren Harris, Orland K. Armstrong, Paine Page Prim, Risden Tyler Bennett, Scotty Campbell, Sidney Johnston Catts, Theodore M. Brantley, Thomas Abernethy, Tillman Davis Johnson, William H. Hardy, William J. Holloway. Excerpt: James Bennett McCreary (July 8, 1838 - October 8, 1918) was a lawyer and politician from the US state of Kentucky. He represented the state in both houses of the U.S. Congress and served as its 27th and 37th governor. Shortly after graduating from law school, he was commissioned as the only major in the 11th Kentucky Cavalry, serving under Confederate Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan during the American Civil War. He returned to his legal practice after the war. In 1869, he was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives where he served until 1875; he was twice chosen Speaker of the House. At their 1875 nominating convention, state Democrats chose McCreary as their nominee for governor, and he won an easy victory over Republican John Marshall Harlan. With the state still feeling the effects of the Panic of 1873, most of McCreary's actions as governor were aimed at easing the plight of the state's poor farmers. In 1884, McCreary was elected to the first of six consecutive terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. As a legislator, he was an advocate of free silver and a champion of the state's agricultural interests. After two failed bids for election to the Senate, McCreary secured the support of Governor J. C. W. Beckham, ..