Taken from an old Scrapbook, ca 1890, "Kentucky Genealogy From The Long Ago, " Kentucky Explorer, Volume 10, Number 6, November, 1995, p. 99. By permission. Kenton County. Among the prominent citizens of Kenton county, is the Honorable JAMES T. MOREHEAD, late senator in the Congress of the United States. He enjoys a reputation for ability and eloquence, which is co-extensive with the limits of the Union, and ranks among the first public men of the State. He was born on the 24th May, 1797, near Shepherdsville, in the county of Bullitt. When he as three or four years old, his father removed to Russellville, Logan county, where he enjoyed the advantages of the village schools. In the spring of 1813, he was sent to Transylvania University, whre he continued until 1815. The University was then under the charge of Dr. Blythe, as principal, Rev. Mr. Bishop, professor of moral philosophy, and Mr. Ebenezer Sharpe, professor of languages. On his return to Russellville, Mr. Morehead commenced the study of the law under the Honorable H. P. Brodnax, then one of the circuit court judges; and he continued it in the office of the Honorable J. J. Crittenden, who was then living at Russellville. In the spring of 1818, Mr. Morehead settled at Bowling Green and commenced the practice of law. In August, 1828, he was elected to the legislature from the county of Warren, and was re-elected in 1828-1830. In the winter of 1831-32, while attending the convention at Baltimore which nominated Mr. Clay for the presidency and John Sergeant for vice president, he was nominated by the state convention that met at Frankfort, as candidate for lieutenant governor. He was elected to this office in August, 1832. He presided over the senate until the death of Governor Breathitt, in February, 1834, and succeeded that gentleman in the administration of the government. In his first message to the legislature, he recommended an enlarged system of internal improvements, which the legislature, on the 28th of February, 1835, provided for by "an act for the internal improvement of the State of Kentucky," creating a board of internal improvement, of which Mr. Morehead was made ex-officio the president. In the fall of 1836, he resumed the practice of the law in Frankfort. In March, 1837, he was commissioned by Governor Clark, as the agent of the State, for the sale of the bonds for internal improvement purposes. In August, 1837, he was elected to the legislature in Franklin county. In the spring of 1838, he was appointed by Governor Clark, president of the board of internal improvements. In the winter of the next year, he was selected by the legislature, in conjunction with Colonel J. Speed Smith, of Madison, as a commissioner to the State of Ohio, to obtain the passage of a law for the protection of the property of the citizens of Kentucky in their slaves. The mission was entirely successful. Mr. Morehead remained in the board of internal improvement until the latter part of February, 1841, when he was elected to the senate of the United States for the term of six years. In the senate, as a debater, few men ranked higher than Governor Morehead. An announcement that he was to speak, never failed to fill the lobbies and galleries with spectators. As a speaker, he is remarkably fluent and energetic, with a manner eminently graceful and dignified. His political information is extensive, and his opinions as a statesman, sound and conservative. Governor Morehead is now living in Covington, engaged in the practice of his profession. Morehead Blythe Bishop Sharpe Brodnax Crittenden Clay Sergeant Breathitt Clark Smith = Shepherdsville-Bullitt-KY Russellville-Logan-KY Bowling_Green-Warren-KY MD Frankfort-Franklin-KY Madison-KY OH http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/kenton/morehead.jt.txt