The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1910-02-02
THE MOTHER
. OF GOVERNORS"
The AppeIlation Given to
Kentucky.
A LIST OF THE INDUSTRIOUS
Sons Who Gave the State
Fame Missouri Leads
in the List.

The Lexington Leader contains a
COPY of the paper which ]. w. Town
send, Librarian of the Carnegie Lii
brary at Lexington, author of "The
Life ofRichardMenifee" other his
toric works, read before the meeting Of
the Ohio Valley Historical Associa-
ton, at Frankfort, and at another
time by request before the Filson Club
of Louisville.
The title of the paper is Kentucky;
Mother of Governors" and it gives
the names of the one hundred and
four Kentuckians and adopted sons
who have gone to other States to
become later, the Chief Executive.
Missouri leads in Kentuckians as
Governors with total of ten, name
ly: Lilburn w. Boggs, 1886; Thorn
as Reynolds, 1910; John c. Edwards
1876: Claybourn F. Jackson, 1860;
Benjamin Gratz Brown, 1870; Silas
Woodson 1872; Charles H. Hardin,
1874; Thomas T. Crittenden, 1880;
David r. Francis, 1889; William j..
Stone, 1892.
Illinois stands second. Following
were her Governors from Kentucky:
Nathaniel Pope, appointed Secretary
of the Territory twenty days after
its organization, 1909; Joseph Dun
can, 1894; Thomas Garlin, 1888; Rich
ard Yates, 1860; Richard ]. oglesby
served as twelfth, fourteenth and
eighteenth Governor; John NJ. Pal
mer. 1868; Shelby M. Cullom, 1876
1882.
Indiana comes third with James b.
Ray, 1926; Henry Smith Lane, 1850;
Claude Mathews, 1892. Ohio has two:
Thomas Corwin, 1910; Richard Moore
Bishop, 1877.
Cen. James Miller, of New Hamp-
shire, was appointed the first Terri
tcrial Governor of Arkansas, but
while he was on his way there Rob-
ert Crittennden, of Kentucky, served
as Governor.
Henry VI. Rector, who was born in
Louisville in 1916, was elected in
1850 as the sixth Governor of Arl1an-
sas, while Thomas ]. Churchill, of
Louisville, was elected in 1880 as the
thirteenth Chief Executive.
John Long Route, of Kentucky, was
the only Colonel to serve in the gu
bernatorial chair of Colorado. He
was elected in 1910.
David S. Walker was elected the
seventh Governor of Florida in 1865.
He was the only one to serve from
Kentucky.
David S. Walker was elected the
seventh Governor of Florida in 1865.
He was the only one TO serve from
Kentucky.
Frank w. Hunt, bt IN at Newport,
KY, was the fifth Governor of Idaho
In 1900.
Gov. Edward w. Hoch, of Kansas,
who is serving his second term, is a
former Kentuckian.
Two Kentuckians have occupied the
Governors chair in Louisiana, Robert
c. Wickliffe, 1856; Joshua Baker, 1861.
Willis A. German, of Kentucky, was
the second Territorial Governor of
Minnesota, 1S53-1S57.
Montana leads the Western States
in. having Kentuckians as Chief Ex-
ecutives. Green Clay Smith, 1866;
Samuel T. Hauser. 1885; Preston II.
Leslie, 1887; Robert B. Smith, 1896.
Edward L. Norris, the present incum-
bent. is also Kentuckian.
Nebraska has two-Wm. A. Rich
ardson, 1868; Alvin Saunders, 1861.
Joseph C. S. Blackburn, whose polit-
ical career is of international fame, is
another son of Kentucky to rule over
one of the United States provinces as
Governor. He served as Governor in
the CanalZone until few months ago
when he returned TO Kentucky and
retired from politics.
Three Kentuckins served in sunny
NTennessee.
" They are Albert s. Marks, 1878; Al
vim Hawkins, 1880; Benton McAfillin,
1899, who was re. elected in 1901.
Texas has two. The first Provincial
Governor of Texas was Henry Smith,
4 of Kentucky. in 1886
Two Kentuckians have also served
in the Chief Executive chair of Utah.