James Guthrie
Born: December 5, 1792
Birthplace: Bardstown, Kentucky
Father: General Adam Guthrie 1762 – 1826
(Buried: Bloomfield Baptist Church Cemetery, Bloomfield, Kentucky)
Mother: Hannah Polk 1765 – 1842
(Buried: Bloomfield Baptist Church Cemetery, Bloomfield, Kentucky)
Wife: Eliza Churchill Prather 1799 – 1836
(Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky)
Children:
Mary Elizabeth Guthrie Caperton 1823 – 1901
(Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky)
Ann Augusta Guthrie Caldwell 1825 – 1872
(Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky)
Sarah Julia Guthrie Smith 1827 – 1901
(Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky)
Political Party: Democratic Party
Occupation before War:
Transporter on flatboat transporting merchandise to New Orleans
Attorney in Bardstown, Kentucky
Commonwealth Attorney for Jefferson County, Kentucky
Director of Louisville and Portland Canal Company
1827 – 1831: Kentucky State Representative
1831 – 1840: Kentucky State Senator
1834: Helped found the Kentucky State Bank
One of the directors of the Kentucky State Bank
1835: Unsuccessful Candidate for United States Senator
Advocate for constructing a new building for government in Louisville
President of Louisville Medical Institute
1845: Kentucky Delegate to Internal Improvements Convention
1847 – 1869: President of University of Louisville
Promoter for creating a Board of Health
1849: President of Kentucky State Constitutional Convention
1853 – 1857: United States Secretary of Treasury
1860 – 1868: President of Louisville and Nashville Railroad
1860: He was considered for Democratic Presidential Nomination
Civil War Career:
1861: Kentucky Delegate to Washington, D.C. Peace Conference
1864: Kentucky Delegate to Democratic Party National Convention
1864: He opposed the Wade–Davis Bill at the Convention.
1864: Candidate for Democratic Vice–Presidential Nomination
1865 – 1868: United States Senator from Kentucky
1865 – 1867: Member of Senate Finance Committee
1865 – 1868: Member of Senate Mines and Mining Committee
Occupation after War:
1867 – 1868: Member of Senate Appropriations Committee
Opposed the Republican Party's Radical Reconstruction
1865 – 1868: Supporter of President Andrew Johnson
Opposed the Freedmen's Bureau and 14th Amendment.
1868: Resigned as U.S. Senator on February 7th
1868 – 1869: Suffered from the effects of a stroke he was bedridden
1868: Resigned as President of the railroad on June 11th
Died: March 13, 1869
Place of Death: Louisville, Kentucky
Age at time of Death: 76 years old
Burial Place: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky
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