CS Hawes, Richard Jr. - C.S. Governor of KY

Richard Hawes
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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:
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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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In several biographys Hawes became provisional governor of a state in exile following the death of George W. Johnson at Shiloh. But in neither bio was he named as the Lt. Governor of Kentucky priour to Johnson's death.
 
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