Richard Hickman
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Richard Hickman (1757 - 1832) was the 3rdLieutenant Governor of Kentucky, serving in that capacity from 1812 to 1816 under Issac Shelby during Shelby's second term as governor.
Hickman was born in Virginia in 1757. He served as Clark County's 1st legislative representative from 1793 to 1798. He further served on the 1799 Kentucky Constitutional Convention. Following the Constitutional Convention, he became one of the first twelve men to be members of the Kentucky State Senate, and served in that body three separate times from 1800 to 1808, again from 1811 to 1812, and finally from 1819 to 1822.
He was elected Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky under Governor Issac Shelby, and served briefly as Governor in 1813, during the time that Shelby was leading Kentucky troops in the War of 1812.
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Kentucky Historical Marker 1318 entitled "Caveland"
| Preceded by Gabriel Slaughter |
Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky 1812–1816 |
Succeeded by Gabriel Slaughter |
| 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 |
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