Christopher Greenup

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Christopher Greenup
Christopher Greenup as Governor
3rd Governor of Kentucky
In office 1804 – 1808
Preceded by	James Garrard
Succeeded by	Charles Scott
Born	1750 Virginia
Died	April 27, 1818 Frankfort, Kentucky
Political party	Jeffersonian Republican
Profession	Soldier, Lawyer, Surveyor

Christopher Greenup (1750 – April 27, 1818) was an American lawyer and politician from Frankfort, Kentucky.

Greenup was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, and served in the Revolutionary War, attaining the rank of colonel in the Virginia Militia and of captain in the Continental Army. He studied and practiced law in Frankfort, Kentucky, and also spent time as a surveyor and as a land speculator.

He served as a Kentucky representative to Congress for three successive terms, from 1792 to 1797, as a Jeffersonian Republican. He was later elected Governor of Kentucky, serving from 1804 to 1808. He ran unopposed, receiving 25,917 votes.

Greenup died in Frankfort, Kentucky, and is buried in the Frankfort Cemetery. Greenup County, Kentucky, was named in honor of him, as was its county seat of Greenup, Kentucky.

[edit] External link

• Biographic sketch at U.S. Congress website

Preceded by James Garrard

Governor of Kentucky 1804–1808

Succeeded by Charles Scott

Governors of Kentucky

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.