Sen. William Logan (DemRep-KY)

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William Logan

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Birthplace: Harrodsburg, Fincastle County, Virginia, United States
Death: August 08, 1822 (45)
Shelby County, Kentucky, United States (Died at his residence of the "prevailing fever.")
Place of Burial: Shelbyville, Shelby County, Kentucky, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Gen. Benjamin Logan (Continental Militia) and Ann Knox
Husband of Priscilla Christian Logan
Father of Ann Montgomery McKnight; Rosanna Nourse; Caleb Wallace Logan; Eliza Jane Logan; Priscilla Christian Logan and 1 other
Brother of Robert Logan; Ezekiel Logan; Garrott William Logan; David Logan; Sarah Jane Allen and 6 others
Half brother of Capt. Logan, Shawnee

Occupation: Politician, lawyer, judge, Kentucky House of Representatives, US Senator, Kentucky River Company Commissioner
Managed by: Gibson 'Gibby' Brack
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About Sen. William Logan (DemRep-KY)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Logan_(Kentuckian)

William Logan (December 8, 1776 – August 8, 1822) was a United States Senator from Kentucky.

Born within the fort at Harrodsburg, Logan spent his early childhood in St. Asaphs Fort, receiving private instruction from his parents and tutors. He moved to Shelby County about 1798. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced. He was delegate to Kentucky's constitutional convention in 1799 and worked as a state commissioner in siting the new Barren County's seat of government (at Glasgow, a new settlement probably named for the Scottish hometown of Logan's father) the same year.

Logan was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1803 to 1806 and again in 1808, and served as speaker two terms. He was a judge of the court of appeals from 1808 to 1812. He was also a presidential elector in 1808, 1812, and 1816. Logan was elected as a Democratic Republican to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1819 to May 28, 1820 when he resigned to run for Governor in 1820. (He did not succeed, instead serving as a commissioner of the Kentucky River Company.) Logan died at his residence in Shelby County and was interred in the Logan family burial ground near Shelbyville.

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Sen. William Logan (DemRep-KY)'s Timeline

1776
December 8, 1776
Harrodsburg, Fincastle County, Virginia, United States
1802
1802
1805
February 1, 1805
1814
1814
1819
July 15, 1819
1822
August 8, 1822
Age 45
Shelby County, Kentucky, United States
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Logan Family Burial Grounds, Shelbyville, Shelby County, Kentucky, United States