Helm, John Larue
legislator, governor, was born July 4, 1802, in Hardin county, Ky. He was made county attorcounty attorney of his county; in 1826 was elected to the house of representatives of the state, and was a member of that body eleven years. He was elected state senator from 1844 to 1848, and from 1865 to 1869; and resigned in 1867 to run for governor. He presided in the legislature seven years; was elected lieutenant-governor in 1848; in 1848; and was governor from 1850 to 1852. In 1854 he was made president of the Louisville and Nashville railroad. He died Sept. 8, 1867, in Elizabethtown, Ky.