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George W. Johnson (born May 27, 1811; died April 8, 1862) was the head of a shadow government of Kentucky formed by secessionists during the American Civil War. He is referred to as one of two Kentucky's Confederate Governors. May 27 is the 147th day (148th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 218 days remaining. ...
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Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert Edward Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total...
Motto: Deo Vindice (Latin: With God As Our Vindicator) Anthem: God Save the South (unofficial) Dixie (popular) The Bonnie Blue Flag (popular) Capital Montgomery, Alabama (February 4, 1861–May 29, 1861) Richmond, Virginia (May 29, 1861–April 2, 1865) Danville, Virginia (April 3–April 10, 1865) Largest city New Orleans...
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Biography
Johnson was born in Scott County, Kentucky, the son of William and Betsy (Payne) Johnson. He married Ann Viley in 1833, and the couple had ten children. Johnson received three degrees, including one in law, from Transylvania University. He initially practiced law, but soon turned his interests to agriculture. He owned a 300 acre farm near Georgtown, Kentucky, as well as a 1,000 acre plantation in Arkansas. Scott County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. ...
Transylvania University is a private liberal arts college related by covenant to the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) located in Lexington, Kentucky with approximately 1,100 students. ...
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Political career Johnson was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1838, 1839 and 1840 as a Democrat. He was offered the nominations for lieutenant governor and U. S. Congressman, but declined them both. Kentucky House of Representatives is the lower house of the Kentucky General Assembly, the state legislature of Kentucky. ...
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. ...
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Election to governorship On November 18, 1862, a convention of pro-secessionist delegates met in Russellville, Kentucky, to elect a new state government and secede from the Union. Johnson was unanimously chosen governor, and Bowling Green, Kentucky was picked to be the temporary capital of the new Confederate state. At the time, the army of Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston was stationed at Bowling Green and offered protection to the new government. November 18 is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
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Russellville is a city located in Logan County, Kentucky. ...
Bowling Green is a city located in Warren County, Kentucky. ...
Albert Sidney Johnston Albert Sidney Johnston (February 2, 1803 – April 6, 1862) was a career U.S. Army officer and a Confederate general during the American Civil War. ...
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Aftermath On December 10, 1861, Kentucky was admitted to the Confederacy. When General Johnston was forced to withdraw his troops from Bowling Green, in the aftermath of the Confederate defeat at Fort Donelson, the Confederate state government moved with them to Tennessee. It travelled with the Kentucky regiments that were fighting for the Confederacy. December 10 is the 344th day (345th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ...
This article or section should be merged with Battle of Fort Donelson Fort Donelson, Tennessee, was the site of the first significant Union victory of the American Civil War. ...
Shortly before the battle of Shiloh, Governor Johnson volunteered to serve as a private in Company E, Fourth Kentucky Infantry Regiment. While serving in this humble role, he was seriously wounded and died the next day. He was the only governor to fall in battle during the American Civil War. Johnson was succeeded as governor by Richard Hawes of Bourbon County, Kentucky. Shiloh may be: Shiloh (Biblical) Shiloh (river), river in the Samarian region of the West Bank Shilo (town), an Israeli settlement near the location of Biblical Shiloh Shiloh (book), the Phyllis Reynolds Naylor novel Battle of Shiloh, a major 1862 battle of the American Civil War Shiloh and Other Stories...
Kentuckys Provisinal Governor of the Confederates Richard Hawes (1797—1877) He was brother of Albert Gallatin Hawes, nephew of Aylett Hawes, and cousin of Aylett Hawes Buckner), a Representative from Kentucky. ...
Bourbon County is the name of several counties in the United States: Bourbon County, Kansas Bourbon County, Kentucky This is a disambiguation page — a list of articles associated with the same title. ...
After the war, his remains were reintered and buried with honors in Frankfort, Kentucky.
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See also | 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. The history of Kentucky spans hundreds of years, and has been influenced by the states diverse geography and central location. ...
Kentucky was a border state of key importance in the American Civil War. ...
The Russellville Convention was a sovereignty convention held by secessionists on November 18 through 20, 1861 in Russellville, Kentucky after the state government formally declared neutrality in the American Civil War. ...
This is a list of Governors of Kentucky: See also Kentucky Categories: | | ...
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Isaac Shelby Isaac Shelby (December 11, 1750-July 18, 1826) was an officer in the American Revolutionary War and the first Governor of Kentucky, serving from 1792 to 1796 and from 1812 to 1816. ...
James Garrard was the Governor of Kentucky from 1796 to 1804. ...
Christopher Greenup Christopher Greenup (1750–April 27, 1818) was an American lawyer and politician from Frankfort, Kentucky. ...
For the Charles Scott who was British ambassador to Imperial Russia, 1898-1904 see Charles Scott (ambassador). ...
Isaac Shelby Isaac Shelby (December 11, 1750-July 18, 1826) was an officer in the American Revolutionary War and the first Governor of Kentucky, serving from 1792 to 1796 and from 1812 to 1816. ...
George Madison was the Governor of Kentucky in 1816. ...
Governor Gabriel Slaughter Gabriel Slaughter (1767 Culpepper County Virginia – 19 September 1830 Mercer County, Kentucky) Democratic-Republican party was the 7th governor of Kentucky (19 October 1817 – 7 September 1820). ...
John Adair John Adair (January 9, 1757 – May 19, 1840) was an American pioneer, soldier and statesman of Mercer County, Kentucky. ...
John Breathitt (1786–1834) was a 19th century politician who served as the Governor of Kentucky from 1832–1834, dying in office. ...
James Turner Morehead (May 24, 1797 - December 28, 1854) was a United States Senator from Kentucky. ...
Charles A. Wickliffe Charles Anderson Wickliffe, politician, born in Bardstown, Kentucky, 8 June 1788; died in Ilchester in Howard County, Maryland, 31 October 1869. ...
William Owsley (1782 – December 1862) was an American politician and jurist. ...
John Jordan Crittenden (September 10, 1786–July 26, 1863) was an American statesman. ...
John LaRue Helm John LaRue Helm (July 4, 1802–September 8, 1867) was one of the most illustrious sons of Elizabethtown and Hardin County. ...
Lazarus W. Powell was the Governor of Kentucky from 1851 to 1855, and later a United States Senator from Kentucky. ...
Charles Slaughter Morehead (July 7, 1802 – December 21, 1868) was the twentieth governor of Kentucky. ...
Beriah Magoffin (April 18, 1815 - February 28, 1885) was the Governor of Kentucky from 1859 to 1862. ...
John LaRue Helm John LaRue Helm (July 4, 1802–September 8, 1867) was one of the most illustrious sons of Elizabethtown and Hardin County. ...
John White Stevenson (2 May 1812 - 10 August 1886) succeeded Governor John Helm, who died while in office in 1867. ...
Preston H. Leslie (8 March 1819 - 7 February 1907) was the governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1871-1875. ...
James B. McCreary McCreary ( July 8, 1838-Oct. ...
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James Proctor Knott (1830 - June 18, 1911) was the Attorney General of Missouri at the outset of the American Civil War and Governor of Kentucky from 1883 to 1887. ...
Simon Bolivar Buckner, Sr. ...
William OC. Bradley William OConnell Bradley (March 18, 1847 - May 23, 1914) was a U.S. senator from Kentucky. ...
William Sylvester Taylor (1853-1928) was the Governor of Kentucky from December 1899 until January 1900. ...
William Goebel William J. Goebel (January 4, 1856 – February 3, 1900) was a controversial American politician who served as Governor of Kentucky for a few days in 1900. ...
John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham (August 5, 1869 - January 9, 1940) served as both Governor of Kentucky and in the United States Senate. ...
Augustus Everett Willson (October 13, 1846 – August 24, 1931) was the thirty-sixth governor of Kentucky. ...
James B. McCreary McCreary ( July 8, 1838-Oct. ...
Augustus Owsley Stanley (May 21, 1867 - August 12, 1958) was governor of Kentucky from 1915 to 1918. ...
Edwin Porch Morrow (November 28, 1877 – June 15, 1835) was a Republican Governor of Kentucky from 1919 – 1923. ...
Flemon Davis Sampson (1873 - 1967) was governor of Kentucky from 1927 through 1931. ...
Ruby Laffoon (15th January, 1869 - 01 March 1941) was a Democratic Governor of Kentucky from 1931 - 1935. ...
Albert Chandler Albert Benjamin Chandler I (commonly known as A. B. Happy Chandler) (July 14, 1898–June 15, 1991) was a governor of Kentucky, a U.S. Senator and Baseball Commissioner. ...
Keen Johnson (January 12, 1896 - February 7, 1970) served as Governor of Kentucky 1939-1943. ...
Simeon Slavens Willis (1 December 1879 - 2 April 1965) was a US lawyer, judge and politician. ...
Earle Chester Clements (October 22, 1896 - March 12, 1985) served as Governor of Kentucky and as a member of the United States Senate from Kentucky. ...
Lawerence Winchester Wetherby (January 2, 1908 - March 27, 1994) served as Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky and as Governor of Kentucky upon the resignation of Governor Earle C. Clements as Clements went to the United States Senate. ...
Albert Chandler Albert Benjamin Chandler I (commonly known as A. B. Happy Chandler) (July 14, 1898–June 15, 1991) was a governor of Kentucky, a U.S. Senator and Baseball Commissioner. ...
Bert T. Combs (August 13, 1911-December 4, 1991),born in Clay County, Kentucky, was the Democratic Governor of Kentucky from 1959 through 1963. ...
Edward Thompson Ned Breathitt Jr. ...
Louie Broady Nunn, (March 8, 1924-January 29, 2004) a native of Park in Barren County was Governor of Kentucky from 1967 to 1971. ...
Wendell Hampton Ford (born September 8, 1924) is an American politician from Kentucky who belongs to the Democratic Party. ...
Julian Morton Carroll (born April 16, 1931) was Governor of the U.S. state of Kentucky from 1974 to 1979 as a Democrat. ...
John Y. Brown, Jr. ...
Martha Layne Collins Martha Layne Collins (born December 7, 1936 in Bagdad, Kentucky) was Governor of the U.S. State of Kentucky from 1983 through 1987; she is a member of the Democratic Party. ...
Wallace G. Wilkinson (May 23, 1928–July 5, 2002) was a Kentucky businessman who made a fortune with college bookstores. ...
Brereton Jones Brereton Chandler Jones (born June 27, 1939) is an American political figure. ...
Paul E. Patton Paul E. Patton (born May 26, 1937) served as Democratic governor of Kentucky from 1995 to 2003. ...
Ernest Lee Fletcher (born November 12, 1952) has served as governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky since 2003. ...
Motto: Deo Vindice (Latin: With God As Our Vindicator) Anthem: God Save the South (unofficial) Dixie (popular) The Bonnie Blue Flag (popular) Capital Montgomery, Alabama (February 4, 1861–May 29, 1861) Richmond, Virginia (May 29, 1861–April 2, 1865) Danville, Virginia (April 3–April 10, 1865) Largest city New Orleans...
Kentuckys Provisinal Governor of the Confederates Richard Hawes (1797—1877) He was brother of Albert Gallatin Hawes, nephew of Aylett Hawes, and cousin of Aylett Hawes Buckner), a Representative from Kentucky. ...
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