Gabriel Slaughter
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| Gabriel Slaughter | |
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| In office 1816 – 1820 |
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| Preceded by | George Madison |
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| Succeeded by | John Adair |
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| Born | December 12, 1767 Culpepper County, Virginia |
| Died | September 19, 1830 Mercer County, Kentucky |
| Political party | Democratic Republican |
| Profession | Soldier, Farmer |
Gabriel Slaughter (December 12, 1767 – September 19, 1830) was the 7th governor of Kentucky. Before entering politics Slaughter was a farmer, and a colonel the Kentucky regiment at the Battle of New Orleans.
He was a member of the Kentucky house of representatives in 1797 and the Kentucky State senate 1816 –1820. In 1816 he was elected lieutenant-governor and became governor on the death of Gov. George Madison (1816) serving the remaining years of Madison’s term. Slaughter's governorship was complicated by the financial panic of 1819 and he spent the majority of his term working to stabilize that state's economy. He is interred in his family cemetery in Mercer County, Kentucky.
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| Preceded by: George Madison |
Governor of Kentucky 1816–1820 |
Succeeded by: John Adair |
| Preceded by: John Caldwell |
Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky 1808-1812 |
Succeeded by: Richard Hickman |
| Preceded by: Richard Hickman |
Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky 1816 |
Succeeded by: William T. Barry |
| Governors of Kentucky |  |
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| Shelby • Garrard • Greenup • Scott • Shelby • Madison • Slaughter • Adair • Desha • Metcalfe • J. Breathitt • J. Morehead • Clark • Wickliffe • Letcher • Owsley • Crittenden • Helm • Powell • C. Morehead • Magoffin • Robinson • Bramlette • Helm • Stevenson • Leslie • McCreary • Blackburn • Knott • Buckner • Brown • Bradley • Taylor • Goebel • Beckham • Willson • McCreary • Stanley • Black • Morrow • Fields • Sampson • Laffoon • Chandler • Johnson • Willis • Clements • Wetherby • Chandler • Combs • E. Breathitt • Nunn • Ford • Carroll • Brown Jr. • Collins • Wilkinson • Jones • Patton • Fletcher
Kentucky also had two Confederate Governors: George W. Johnson and Richard Hawes. |
| Lieutenant Governors of Kentucky | |
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| Bullitt • Caldwell • Slaughter • Hickman • Slaughter • Barry • McAfee • Breathitt • J. Morehead • Wickliffe • M. Thomson • Dixon • Helm • J. Thompson • Hardy • Boyd • Jacob • Stevenson • Carlisle • Underwood • Cantrill • Hindman • Bryan • Alford • Worthington • Marshall • Beckham • Thorne • Cox • McDermott • Black • Ballard • Breathitt, Jr. • Chandler • Johnson • Myers • Tuggle • Wetherby • Beauchamp • Waterfield • Wyatt • Waterfield • Ford • Carroll • Stovall • Collins • Beshear • Jones • Patton • Henry • Pence |
