Background
Wickliffe, Charles Anderson was born on June 8, 1788 in Springfield, Kentucky, United States. Son of Charles and Lydia (Hardin) Wickliffe.
congressman governor of Kentucky
Wickliffe, Charles Anderson was born on June 8, 1788 in Springfield, Kentucky, United States. Son of Charles and Lydia (Hardin) Wickliffe.
Member Kentucky House of Representatives from Nelson County, 1812-1813, 20-21, 33-36. Enlisted in M.H. Wickliffe’s company of Kentucky Cavalry, 1813, aide-de-camp to General Caldwell. Commonwealth attorney for Nelson County, 1816.
Member United States House of Representatives from Kentucky, 18th-22d congresses, 1823-1833.
Lieutenant: governor Kentucky, 1836-1839, became governor after death of James Clark, 1839-1840. United States postmaster general, 1841-1845.
Appointed (by President Polk) agent to France and England to discourage designs on Texas, 1845. Member Kentucky: Constitutional Convention, 1849.
Member committee appointed to revise statutes of Kentucky, 1850.
Delegate National.
Member United States House of Representatives (Union Whig) from Kentucky, 37th Congress, 1861-1863.
Married Margaret Cripps, 1813, 8 children including Robert C. Admitted to Kentucky.