Andrew Monroe

Birth Date

c1820

Death Date

c1868

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Jefferson County, Kentucky, attorney and judge. Frankfort, Kentucky, native. Son of Judge Ben Monroe. Attorney in Louisville, Kentucky, from 1852 to 1855. Member of the Louisville City Council for the 5th Ward from 1856 to 1857. President of the Louisville Board of Councilmen in 1857. Judge of the Jefferson County Court from 1858 to 1866. Mentioned in the Provisional Government of the State of Kentucky Journal on December 11, 1861 as a delegate option for Provisional Congress.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, 6th Ward City of Louisville, p. 119.
"Andrew Monroe" in The Encyclopedia of Louisville, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2001), 625.
"Judge Andrew Monroe," The Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, Ky.), May 29, 1868, p. 4.
KYR-0004-033-0023.

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