Isaac Caldwell

Birth Date

1824-01-30

Death Date

1885-11-05

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Louisville, Kentucky, attorney. Adair County native. Married to Catherine Smith Caldwell. Father of Isaac Palmer Caldwell. Graduated Georgetown College in 1844. Studied law under Judge Zachariah Wheat and practiced with him until 1851. Practiced in partnership with George Alfred Caldwell from 1851 to 1866. Third President of the University of Louisville.

H. Levin, Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky (Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1897) 186-88.
"Issac Caldwell" in The Encyclopedia of Louisville, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2001), 155.

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