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Preston Leslie

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651:. The legislature had refused to pass a law against mob violence in 1871. In his address to the legislature on December 6, 1871, Leslie endorsed legislation that made it illegal to write or post threatening notices and to band together and wear disguises. This proposal enjoyed favorable public opinion, and was passed during the legislature's next session. With the railroad and violence issues resolved, Governor Leslie urged the legislature to improve the status of blacks in the state, including the creation of an educational system for blacks and the approval of the testimony of blacks in the state's courts. He commissioned a new geological survey, appointing native Kentuckian 1858: 1725: 1738: 44: 316: 647:, and would provide competition to the Louisville and Nashville Railroad's monopoly in the state. Though Leslie wasn't particularly supportive of the bill, he refused to veto it because of the potential economic benefits to the state. Leslie was also faced with the issue of post-war violence by the 627:
speech wherein Harlan had called the Republican platform "revolutionary, and if carried out, would result in the destruction of our free government." Harlan admitted his inconsistent stands, declaring that he would rather be right than consistent. Meanwhile, Leslie began moving closer to the "New
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bill while serving in the state senate proved a liability with some voters in his own party. Because of his southern sympathies, he was also opposed by the more progressive "New Departure" wing of his party. Nevertheless, he enjoyed support from the
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On November 11, 1841, Leslie married Louisa Black; they had seven children. Louisa died on August 9, 1858. Leslie married the widowed Mary Maupin Kuykendall on November 17, 1859, fathering three more children. Mary Leslie died September 3, 1900.
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Departure" wing of his party during the course of the campaign. Ultimately, Leslie's supporters deemed him "sober, conservative, and safe", and this perception enabled him to defeat Harlan by a considerable margin in the first election in which
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lieutenant governor, and next in line to succeed Stevenson. A gubernatorial election was already scheduled later in 1871, and Leslie was among several nominees put forward by the Democrats. Because of Leslie's opposition to the
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because the penitentiary was not equipped to accommodate women. He urged the territorial legislature to enact fiscal reforms and improve facilities for the insane and the incarcerated, but he was no match for the
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and teetotalers, Governor and Mrs. Leslie did not serve alcohol in the governor's mansion and were given a silver service set at the expiration of his term by the
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for Montana. Leslie continued to practice law well into his eighties, and was being considered for a district court judgeship in Montana when he fell ill with
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once the war began. Nevertheless, he believed the South should solve its differences with the North through diplomatic means, and did not favor the idea of
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on September 5, 1871, but legislators were more concerned with passing the Southern Railroad bill that would create a connection between the railroads of
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in 1846 by a single vote. He continued serving in the House until 1850, when he won election to the Senate representing Monroe and
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counties. He then served in the Senate until 1855. In the 1850s, the Whig Party gradually faded in Kentucky, and Leslie became a
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During his final years practicing law in Helena, Leslie gained widespread acclaim and served as president of the Montana State
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in court and providing for an educational system for recently freed slaves. He also helped quell violence perpetrated by the
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from 1887 to 1889. He ascended to the office of governor by three different means. First, he succeeded Kentucky governor
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of an appointment bill supported by the legislature was the final straw; under pressure from Republicans, President
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of Kentucky for their charity to the needy. Following his term in office, Leslie was elected to serve on the
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on October 10, 1840, and served as the deputy clerk of the Clinton County courts. In 1841, he relocated to
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Amendments, he used his influence as governor to effect passage of laws admitting the testimony of
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was circulating a petition to have Leslie named a district court judge when Leslie fell ill with
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position during his gubernatorial campaign against Harlan. Though he opposed ratification of the
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As territorial governor of Montana, Leslie quickly drew the ire of the press for his pro-
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Morton, Jennie C. (September 1907). "Sketch and Picture of Governor Preston H. Leslie".
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Leslie laid out an aggressive legislative agenda in his inaugural address to the
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in 1871. Later that year, he was elected to a full term as governor, defeating
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By 1861, Leslie had built up a prosperous estate and added a plot of land in
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in the general election. Finally, he was appointed territorial governor by
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Following his removal from office, Leslie opened a legal practice in
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also turned against him, and he was removed from office by President
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Leslie's December 1, 1873 message to the Kentucky General Assembly
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in the state, as well as the state's tobacco interests and the
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Leslie's feelings were mixed on the issues central to the
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Leslie began his political career by being elected as a
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upon the latter's resignation to accept a seat in the
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Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
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Klotter (1977). 1064:"Kentucky Governor Preston Hopkins Leslie" 987: 985: 975: 973: 971: 969: 959: 957: 810: 808: 806: 804: 534:resigned his post to accept a seat in the 42: 31: 856: 854: 852: 850: 794: 792: 790: 748:of Montana. He served from 1894 to 1898. 721:replaced Leslie as territorial governor. 559:Amendments, his candidacy was opposed by 440:, where he worked as a farmer. He became 1081:Offbeat Kentuckians: Legends to Lunatics 897: 895: 893: 874: 872: 870: 868: 866: 1118:Kentucky: Decades of Discord, 1865–1900 786: 612:During the campaign, Leslie's opponent 2101:Democratic Party governors of Kentucky 655:to head the work. An advocate of the 7: 2081:People from Clinton County, Kentucky 1121:. The University Press of Kentucky. 2091:People from Monroe County, Kentucky 1155:. 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Index

Preston H. Leslie

U.S. District Attorney
Montana Territory
Territorial Governor of Montana
Samuel Thomas Hauser
Benjamin F. White
Governor of Kentucky
Lieutenant
John G. Carlisle
John W. Stevenson
James B. McCreary
Kentucky Senate
Kentucky House of Representatives
Wayne County, Kentucky
Helena, Montana
Whig
Democrat

26th Governor of Kentucky
territorial governor of Montana
John W. Stevenson
United States Senate
John Marshall Harlan
President
Grover Cleveland
Confederate
Civil War
progressive
Fourteenth

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