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Morehead, James Turner

lawyer, legislator, governor, United States senator, was born May 24, 1797, in Covington, Ky. He served three years in the Kentucky state legislature; in 1832 was elected lieutenant-governor of Kentucky, and in 1834 became governor. In 1837 he was again elected to the legislature. In 1838 he was appointed president of the board of internal improvements, which office he held until 1841, when he was elected to the United States senate for the term of six years. He died Dec. 28, 1854, in Covington, Ky.