Memorial Addresses On The Life And Character Of Evan E Settle Late A Representative From Kentucky Delivered In The House Of Representatives And Senate

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Download or read book Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of Evan E. Settle (Classic Reprint) written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of Evan E. Settle Born in Franklin County, Ky., in the year 1848, the earlier years of his life were spent in the cities of Frankfort and Louisville, Ky. He graduated from the Louisville Male High School at the age of 18, and immediately came to Owenton, Owen County, Ky., to begin the battle of life. He accepted the position of deputy county clerk, and a year later, by a special act of the Kentucky legislature, he was granted license to practice law. His unusual ability as a lawyer, combined with his ex treme youth, attracted immediate attention, and he was soon the acknowledged leader of the Owenton bar. For thirty years he followed successfully the practice of law and was considered one of the most powerful advocates of his State. He served two terms as county prosecuting attorney and was elected for a third term, but resigned to accept a seat in the Kentucky legislature, where he served with distinction for two terms. In. 1894 he became a candidate for Congress virtually forced into the race by those who knew and ad mired his ability and recognized his peculiar fitness for the office. Although defeated, he had conducted his canvass on such a high plane as to thoroughly win the admiration and respect of his district, and the Democratic nomination for the Fifty-fifth Congress as procured with but little effort. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.