Thomas Elliott Bramlette
Born: January 3, 1817
Birthplace: Cumberland County, Kentucky
Father: Colonel Ambrose S. Bramlette
Mother: Sarah H. Elliott 1796 – 1875
(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Paris, Texas)
1st Wife: Sallie Lean Travis 1819 – 1872
(Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky)
2nd Wife: Mary E. Graham 1832 – 1886
(Buried: Bellevue Cemetery, Danville, Kentucky)
Children:
Colonel James Thompson Bramlette 1839 – 1872
(Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky)
William L. Bramlette 1841 – 1872
(Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky)
Simeon Eugene Bramlette 1851 – 1888
(Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky)
Corinne B. Bramlette Walworth 1854 – 1937
(Buried: Greenridge Cemetery, Saratoga Springs, New York)
Mary Bramlette 1858 – 1862
(Buried: Columbia Cemetery, Columbia, Kentucky)
Political Party: Whig Party and Democratic Party
Occupation before War:
Attorney in Louisville, Kentucky
1841: Kentucky State Representative
1848 – 1850: Commonwealth Attorney for Kentucky
1852 – 1856: Attorney in Columbia, Kentucky
1853: Unsuccessful Candidate for U.S. Congressman
1856 – 1860: Judge of 6th Judicial District of Kentucky
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: Colonel of 3rd Kentucky Infantry Regiment
1861: Marched to Lexington to arrest John C. Breckinridge
1862: Resigned as Colonel on July 13th at Decherd, Tennessee
1862 – 1863: United States District Attorney in Kentucky
1863 – 1867: Governor of Kentucky
Held that confederate sympathizers held responsible for guerilla raids
Played a role against Brig. General Stephen G. Burbridge
Proclaimed day of fasting and prayer after Lincoln Assassination
Occupation after War:
1865: Wanted to issue pardons to most former Confederates
Opposed Passage of the Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments
Protested establishing Freedmen’s Bureau in Kentucky
Helped Establish the Agricultural and Mechanic College of Kentucky
Supported the construction of turnpikes financed by government bonds
Unsuccessful Candidate for United States Senator
1867 – 1875: Attorney in Louisville, Kentucky
Died: January 12, 1875
Place of Death: Louisville, Kentucky
Age at time of Death: 58 years old
Burial Place: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky
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