William Logan (Kentuckian)

William Logan ( born December 8, 1776 in Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky; † August 8, 1822 in Shelby County, Kentucky ) was an American politician of the Democratic-Republican Party, who represented the state of Kentucky in the U.S. Senate.

William Logan spent his early childhood in a fort, where he received private lessons. Around the year 1798 he moved around the Shelby County, where he studied law, was admitted to the bar and began to practice. In 1799 he was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of Kentucky.

His political career began in 1803 with the election into the House of Representatives from Kentucky, where he served initially until 1806 and again in 1808. He was in two sessions of the Speaker of the Parliament chamber. Between 1808 and 1812 he acted as a judge at the Court of Appeal; moreover, he was in 1808, 1812 and 1816 Member of the Electoral College in presidential elections.

In 1818, Logan was finally elected to the U.S. Senate, where he represented Kentucky March 4, 1819 to May 28, 1820. He resigned from his position prematurely down to run for governor of Kentucky, but lost the intra-party rivals John Adair. His last public office he also took over in 1820 as Commissioner of the Kentucky River Company. Two years later he died at his estate in the Shelby County and was buried in Shelbyville.

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