Powell, Lazarus Whitehead

Life Span
to
    Full name
    Lazarus Whitehead Powell
    Place of Birth
    Burial Place
    Birth Date Certainty
    Exact
    Death Date Certainty
    Exact
    Gender
    Male
    Race
    White
    Sectional choice
    North
    Origins
    Slave State
    No. of Spouses
    1
    No. of Children
    3
    Family
    Lazarus Powell (father), Ann McMahon Powell (mother), Harriet Ann Jennings (wife)
    Education
    Transylvania
    Other
    Other Education
    Saint Joseph's College (KY)
    Occupation
    Politician
    Attorney or Judge
    Political Parties
    Democratic
    Government
    US Senate
    Governor
    State legislature

    Lazarus Whitehead Powell (Congressional Biographical Directory)

    Reference
    POWELL, Lazarus Whitehead, a Senator from Kentucky; born near Henderson, Henderson County, Ky., October 6, 1812; attended the common schools; graduated from St. Joseph College, Bardstown, Ky., in 1833; studied law; admitted to the bar and commenced practice at Henderson in 1835; member, State house of representatives 1836; presidential elector on the Democratic ticket 1844; unsuccessful candidate for governor in 1848; Governor of Kentucky 1851-1855; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1859, to March 3, 1865; resumed the practice of his profession; unsuccessful candidate for the United States Senate in 1867; died near Henderson, Ky., July 3, 1867; interment in Fernwood Cemetery.
    “Powell, Lazarus Whitehead,” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000481.
    How to Cite This Page: "Powell, Lazarus Whitehead," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/index.php/node/38897.