Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn

Democrat Senator of Kentucky

Congresses Served

House Terms

Senate Terms

January 1, 1838 (80 years old)

Birthday

January 1, 1918

Death

Served as a U.S. Representative and Senator from Kentucky.
Noted for his skills as an orator and trial lawyer, particularly in swaying juries.
Participated in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Held various political positions, including member of the State House of Representatives and multiple terms in Congress.
Chaired significant committees, including the Committee on the District of Columbia and the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War.
Associated with the free-silver movement within the Democratic Party and was nominated for the presidency in 1896.
Appointed as Governor of the Panama Canal Zone by President Theodore Roosevelt.
A mountain in Alaska, Mount Blackburn, is named in his honor.
Passed away in 1918 and was interred in the State Cemetery in Frankfort, Kentucky.