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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—KentuckyJohn POPE
(1770-1845)
Senate Years of Service:
1807-1813Party: Democratic
RepublicanPOPE, John, a Senator and
a Representative from Kentucky; born in Prince William County, Va.,
in 1770; completed preparatory studies; studied law; moved to
Springfield, Ky.; admitted to the bar and practiced in Washington,
Shelby, and Fayette Counties; member, State house of
representatives 1802, 1806-1807; elected as a Democratic Republican
to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1807, to March
3, 1813; served as President pro tempore of the Senate during the
Eleventh Congress; member, State senate 1825-1829; Territorial
Governor of Arkansas 1829-1835; resumed the practice of law in
Springfield, Ky.; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth,
Twenty-sixth, and Twenty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1837-March 3,
1843); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1842 to the
Twenty-eighth Congress; died in Springfield, Washington County,
Ky., on July 12, 1845; interment in the cemetery at Springfield,
Ky.
Bibliography
Baylor, Orval. John Pope, Kentuckian: His Life and Times,
1770-1845. Cynthiana, Ky.: The Hobson Press, 1943; Blakey,
George T. ”Rendezvous with Republicanism: John T. Pope vs.
Henry Clay in 1816.” Indiana Magazine of History 62
(September 1966): 233-50.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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