Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Tenth governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, politician and soldier. Virginia native. Married to Nancy Mason Metcalfe. Father of William Melville Metcalfe, Rhoda D. Metcalfe, Bela Metcalfe, Jane Lee Metcalfe, Jacob R. Metcalfe, Keturah Gruelle Metcalfe, Leonidas Metcalfe, and Mary A. Metcalfe. Veteran of the War of 1812. Member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky from 1819 to 1828. Governor of Kentucky from 1828 to 1832. Member of the United States Senate from Kentucky from 1848 to 1849. Resident of Nicholas County, Kentucky, in 1850.

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Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 2, p. 393A.

Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1889, Vol. 4 (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1888), 312.

Find A Grave, "Thomas Metcalfe (1780-1855)," Memorial #7909145, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7909145 (accessed May 5, 2020).

Citation

Metcalfe, Thomas. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32203043 (November 12, 2026).

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Correspondence
Robert Payne to Thomas E. Bramlette
1863-12-07

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