State Department of Kentucky

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1792

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"State Department of Kentucky" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/O00000890, (accessed December 22, 2024).

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Office headed by the Secretary of State. Appointed by the Governor of Kentucky under the 1850 Kentucky Constitution. Resides in the Executive Branch of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Civil War-era Secretaries of State: Thomas B. Monroe, Jr. (August 30, 1859 - October 1, 1861); Nathaniel Gaither, Jr. (October 2, 1861 - August 18, 1862); Daniel C. Wickliffe (August 19, 1862 - September 1, 1863; Ephraim L. Van Winkle (September 1, 1863 - May 23, 1866).

“Office of the Secretary of State,” The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 807.
“Secretaries of State,” (http://apps.sos.ky.gov/secdesk/sosinfo/default.aspx) (accessed February 13, 2017).

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