Richard Hawes
Born: February 6, 1797
Birthplace: Caroline County, Virginia
Father: Richard Hawes Sr. 1772 – 1829
(Buried: Hawes – Taylor Cemetery, Yelvington, Kentucky)
Mother: Clary Walker 1776 – 1848
(Buried: Hawes – Taylor Cemetery, Yelvington, Kentucky)
Wife: Hetty Morrison Nicholas 1798 – 1875
(Buried: Paris Cemetery, Paris, Kentucky)
Children:
Brig. General James Morrison Hawes 1824 – 1889
(Buried: Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell, Kentucky)
Clara N. Hawes 1831 – 1896
(Buried: Paris Cemetery, Paris, Kentucky)
Cary Nicholas Hawes 1836 – 1874
(Buried: Paris Cemetery, Paris, Kentucky)
Smith Nicholas Hawes 1843 – 1890
(Buried: Linden Grove Cemetery, Covington, Kentucky)
Political Party: Whig Party and Democratic Party
Education:
Attended Transylvania University
Occupation before War:
Attorney in Lexington, Kentucky law partner of Robert C. Wickliffe
Part Owner of Rope and bagging factory in Winchester, Kentucky
Kentucky State Representative
Served with the Kentucky State Militia during Black Hawk War
1834: Unsuccessful Candidate for United States Representative
1837 – 1841: United States Congressman from Kentucky
1837 - 1839: Member of House Accounts Committee
1837 - 1839: Member of House Post Office Expenditures Committee
1837 - 1839: Member of House Patents Committee
1839 - 1841: Member of House Foreign Affairs Committee
1841 - 1862: Attorney in Paris, Kentucky
1848: Supporter of Zachary Taylor's Presidential Campaign
1856: Supporter of James Buchanan's Presidential Campaign
1860: Supporter of John C. Breckinridge's Presidential Campaign
Civil War Career:
1861: Delegate to Kentucky State Secession Convention
Brigade Commissary & Major in the Confederate Army
Kentucky Confederate State Auditor for Commonwealth's Government
1862 – 1865: Confederate Governor of Kentucky
1863: Lobbied unsuccessfully to have Brig. General Marshall replaced
Occupation after War:
1865: Took an oath of allegiance to the United States on September 18th
1865 – 1866: Attorney in Paris, Kentucky
Bourbon County, Kentucky County Judge
1876: Helped frame Kentucky's response to U.S. Pres. Election dispute
Died: May 25, 1877
Place of Death: Paris, Kentucky
Age at time of Death: 80 years old
Burial Place: Paris Cemetery, Paris, Kentucky
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