John Marshall (politician, 1856)

John Marshall

John Marshall (born May 24, 1856 in Louisville , Kentucky , †  August 19, 1922 in Anchorage , Kentucky) was an American politician . In 1899 and 1900 he was Deputy Governor of the State of Kentucky.

Career

John Marshall attended his home public schools and then Center College in Danville . He briefly studied law at Harvard University . Due to the illness of his father, he had to give up this study. After a subsequent law degree at the University of Louisville and his admission to the bar in 1879, he began to work in this profession. Politically, he became a member of the Republican Party .

In 1899, Marshall was elected Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky alongside William S. Taylor . He held this office between December 12, 1899 and January 31, 1900. He was Deputy Governor and Chairman of the State Senate . Since the elections were controversial, there was tumult in the following months and even a political murder of the Democratic gubernatorial candidate William Goebel . In the end, shortly after Goebel's murder, a court ruled that he and his candidate for the office of lieutenant governor, JCW Beckham , had won the elections. Taylor and Marshall lost their posts. Beckham rose to be the new governor; the post of vice governor remained vacant until 1903.

After his tenure as Lieutenant Governor, John Marshall practiced law again. In 1914 he retired. He died in Anchorage on August 19, 1922.

Web links

• John Marshall at The Political Graveyard
• Article on the 1900 Kentucky gubernatorial ruling
• biography