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Wickliffe, Charles A

soldier, state legislator, congressman, governor, was born June 8, 1788, in Bardstown, Ky.

In 1812 he was appointed aide-de-camp to General Winlock and during the same year was elected to the Kentucky state legislature and was re-elected in 1813.

He was at the battle of the Thames as aid to General Caldwell, after which he was again elected to the legislature, where he continued until elected a representative from Kentucky to congress in 1823, and was four times re-elected. In 1833 he was again elected to the legislature and was speaker in 1834. In 1836 he was elected lieutenant-governor of Kentucky.

In 1841 he was appointed postmaster-general, and in 1845 was sent on a secret mission to Texas, in connection with its annexation to the United States. In 1861 he again became a representative in congress from Kentucky. He died Oct. 31, 1869, in Howard county, Md.

WICKLIFFE, ROBERT CHARLES, thirteenth governor of Louisiana. In 1854 he was elected state senator, receiving reelection to the two succeeding terms without opposition, and became president of the senate. In 1856 he became governor of Louisiana, and served with distinction for four years. In 1866 he was elected to congress, but refused to take the oath demanded of him, and was therefore denied admittance. Since 1846 he has practiced law in West Feliciana, La.