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Unitarian or Universalist Politicians in Kentucky


  John C. Bucklin (1773-1844) — of Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky. Born in Providence, Providence County, R.I., 1773. Mayor of Louisville, Ky., 1828-34. Unitarian. Died in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., March 5, 1844 (age about 70 years). Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Samuel Freeman Miller (1816-1890) — Born in Richmond, Madison County, Ky., April 5, 1816. Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1862-90. Unitarian. Died in Washington, D.C., October 13, 1890 (age 74 years, 191 days). Interment at Oakland Cemetery, Keokuk, Iowa.
  See also NNDB dossier
  Books about Samuel Freeman Miller: Michael A. Ross, Justice of Shattered Dreams: Samuel Freeman Miller and the Supreme Court During the Civil War Era
  Lewis W. Purviance (1796-1874) — of Huntington County, Ind. Born in Bourbon County, Ky., April 8, 1796. Farmer; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1839-40. Universalist; later Disciples of Christ. Died in Huntington County, Ind., May 9, 1874 (age 78 years, 31 days). Burial location unknown.
  Wiley Blount Rutledge, Jr. (1894-1949) — also known as Wiley B. Rutledge — Born in Cloverport, Breckinridge County, Ky., July 20, 1894. Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1939-43; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1943-49; died in office 1949. Unitarian. Member, Freemasons. Died in York, York County, Maine, September 10, 1949 (age 55 years, 52 days). Interment at Green Mountain Cemetery, Boulder, Colo.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Books about Wiley Rutledge: John M. Ferren, Salt of the Earth, Conscience of the Court: The Story of Justice Wiley Rutledge
  Frederic Mosley Sackett (1868-1941) — of Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky. Born in Providence, Providence County, R.I., December 17, 1868. Son of Frederic Moseley Sackett (1840-1913) and Emma Louisa (Paine) Sackett (1842-1922). Republican. Lawyer; president, Louisville Gas Co. and Louisville Lighting Co., 1907-12; president, Pioneer Coal Co. and Black Star Coal Co.;; U.S. Senator from Kentucky, 1925-30; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1928; U.S. Ambassador to Germany, 1930-33. Unitarian. Died in Baltimore, Md., May 18, 1941 (age 72 years, 152 days). Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
  Relatives: Married, April 12, 1898, to Olive Speed (1869-1948).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Books about Frederick Sackett: Bernard V. Burke, Ambassador Frederick Sackett and the Collapse of the Weimar Republic, 1930-1933

 

 


 
   
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