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Thomas Bell Monroe
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Kentucky · 1834
Thomas Bell Monroe , Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Kentucky. Thomas Bell Monroe (October 7, 1791 – December 24, 1865) was the 15th Secretary of State of Kentucky and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kentucky.
Education
- Transylvania University
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Career
State representative, Kentucky, 1816; Private practice, Frankfort, Kentucky, 1821-; Secretary of state, Commonwealth of Kentucky, 1823-1824; Reporter, Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1825-; U.S. attorney for the District of Kentucky, 1830-1834; Law teacher, Montrose, Kentucky, 1843-1848; Chairman, Law Department, Transylvania University, 1848-; Professor of law, Tulane University, 1848-ca. 1851; Delegate from Kentucky, Provisional Confederate Congress, 1861-1862; Private practice, Richmond, Virginia, 1862
Biography
Thomas Bell Monroe (October 7, 1791 – December 24, 1865) was the 15th Secretary of State of Kentucky and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kentucky.
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