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Andrew Monroe (Jefferson County, Kentucky, attorney and judge)

b. 1820? d. 1868?

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.

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Race
White

Bibliography

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.

Citation

Monroe, Andrew. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32200370 (November 12, 2026).

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