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| Affiliation | Whig |
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| Name | John Pope |
| Address |
Springfield, Kentucky , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
| Born |
February 00, 1770 |
| Died |
July 12, 1845
(75 years) |
| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | Juan Croniqueur
Apr 09, 2023 04:59pm |
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| Info | John Pope
Born: 1770, in Prince William County, Virginia
Died: July 12, 1845, at Springfield, Kentucky
Buried: Springfield (Kentucky) Cemetery
Served: 1829-1835
John Pope was brought to Kentucky in boyhood. He lost one arm through a farm accident, thus forcing a change of life plans. Pope settled on the study of law and was admitted to the Kentucky bar in 1794. He was for several years a member of the Kentucky state house of representatives, and in 1807 was elected to the United States Senate as a Democrat, serving from 1807 until 1813. During the 1820s he remained active in politics, notably as a friend and supporter of Andrew Jackson. In 1829 Pope received the governorship of Arkansas from the Jackson administration. During his service, Pope advocated “internal improvements”–that is, road-building–and attracted notice for his veto in 1831 of a bill which would have transferred land granted the territory for the construction of a territorial courthouse or capitol, to territorial secretary Robert Crittenden in exchange for Crittenden’s already-built mansion house. Pope insisted that the seat of government be located in the heart of Little Rock’s business district, on a bluff overlooking the Arkansas River. After his term, Pope returned to Kentucky where he practiced law until he was again elected to Congress, and twice re-elected, serving from 1837 until 1843.
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