Beriah Magoffin
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21st Governor of Kentucky
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| In office August 30, 1859 – August 18, 1862 |
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| Lieutenant(s) | Linn Boyd |
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| Preceded by | Charles S. Morehead |
| Succeeded by | James F. Robinson |
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| Born | April 18, 1815 Harrodsburg, Kentucky |
| Died | February 28, 1885 Harrodsburg, Kentucky |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Anna Nelson Shelby |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Beriah Magoffin (April 18, 1815 – February 28, 1885) was the Governor of Kentucky from 1859 to 1862.
Magoffin was born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky. Serving as the Governor of Kentucky at the outbreak of the Civil War, he was sympathetic to the South and attempted to steer a course of secession for the commonwealth. The incursion of Confederate troops and lopsided majorities against him in the Kentucky General Assembly eventually brought Kentucky around to the Union despite Magoffin's convictions. After this occurred he presided over Kentucky's extra-constitutional secession convention at Russellville, Kentucky.
He died in Harrodsburg and was buried in the town's Spring Hill Cemetery.
Magoffin County, Kentucky was named after Governor Beriah Magoffin.
| Preceded by Charles S. Morehead |
Governor of Kentucky 1859 – 1862 |
Succeeded by James F. Robinson |
[edit] See also
| Governors of Kentucky |  |
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| Shelby • Garrard • Greenup • Scott • Shelby • Madison • Slaughter • Adair • Desha • Metcalfe • J. Breathitt • J. Morehead • Clark • Wickliffe • Letcher • Owsley • Crittenden • Helm • Powell • C. Morehead • Magoffin • Robinson • Bramlette • Helm • Stevenson • Leslie • McCreary • Blackburn • Knott • Buckner • Brown • Bradley • Taylor • Goebel • Beckham • Willson • McCreary • Stanley • Black • Morrow • Fields • Sampson • Laffoon • Chandler • Johnson • Willis • Clements • Wetherby • Chandler • Combs • E. Breathitt • Nunn • Ford • Carroll • Brown Jr. • Collins • Wilkinson • Jones • Patton • Fletcher
Kentucky also had two Confederate Governors: George W. Johnson and Richard Hawes. |
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