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John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham (August 5, 1869 – January 9, 1940) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 35th governor of Kentucky and a United States senator from Kentucky. He was the state's first popularly-elected senator after the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment.
Governor J.C.W. Beckham passed away on January 9, 1940, and was buried at the Frankfort Cemetery in Frankfort, Kentucky. Source. Biographical Directory of the U.S Congress. Governors’ Papers, Kentucky Department for Libraries & Archives, Public Records Division. The Political Graveyard.
J. C. W. Beckham was an American Democratic party politician who served as governor of Kentucky from 1900 to 1907. During his time as governor, Beckham worked to effect agricultural reform while presiding over other social reforms.
Explore genealogy for J. C. W. Beckham born 1869 Wickland, Nelson, Kentucky, USA died 1940 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA including ancestors + children + 1 photos + more in the free family tree community.
Taylor v. Beckham, 178 U.S. 548 (1900), was a case heard before the Supreme Court of the United States on April 30 and May 1, 1900, to decide the outcome of the disputed Kentucky gubernatorial election of 1899.
John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham (August 5, 1869 – January 9, 1940) was an American attorney serving as the 35th Governor of Kentucky and a United States Senator from Kentucky. He was the state's first popularly-elected senator after the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment.
John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham (August 5, 1869 – January 9, 1940) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 35th governor of Kentucky and a United States senator from Kentucky. He was the state's first popularly-elected senator after the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment.
In the 1899 Kentucky gubernatorial election, J. C. W. Beckham was the running mate of Democratic nominee William Goebel, [1] who lost the election to Republican nominee William S. Taylor. [2] On January 31, 1900, Democrats in the Kentucky General Assembly successfully overturned the election results, handing the governorship to ...
Beckham was a staunch conservative, mandating the racial segregation of all Kentucky schools in 1904, ardently supporting Prohibition, and opposing women's suffrage. He served in the US Senate from 1915 to 1921, and his prohibitionism cost him re-election. He resumed his legal practice in Louisville after leaving office, and he died in 1940.
Mar 2, 2021 · Two men now were laying claim to that slot: Goebel’s running mate, J.C.W. Beckham, and Taylor’s, John Marshall. Beckham sued Taylor and Marshall, who countersued, and their consolidated case went up to the U.S. Supreme Court , Taylor and Marshall losing all the way.
