John Pope (Kentucky)

John Pope


United States Senator from Kentucky
In office March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1813
Preceded by	Henry Clay
Succeeded by	Jesse Bledsoe
12th Secretary of State of Kentucky
In office October 21, 1816 – August 2, 1819
Governor	Gabriel Slaughter
Preceded by	Charles Stewart Todd
Succeeded by	Oliver G. Waggener
3rd Territorial Governor of Arkansas
In office March 9, 1829 – March 9, 1835
President	Andrew Jackson
Preceded by	George Izard
Succeeded by	William S. Fulton
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 7th district
In office March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843
Preceded by	Benjamin Hardin
Succeeded by	William Thomasson
Member of the Kentucky Senate
In office 1825-1829
Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives
In office 1802 1806-1807
Personal details
Born	February 1770 Prince William County, Virginia
Died	July 12, 1845 (aged 75) Springfield, Kentucky
Political party	Democratic-Republican (as Senator) Democratic (as Governor) Whig (as Representative)

John Pope (February 1770 – July 12, 1845)^[1] was a United States Senator from Kentucky, a member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky, Secretary of State of Kentucky, and the third Governor of Arkansas Territory.

Biography

Pope was born in Prince William County, Virginia in 1770. He lost his arm during his youth and was known as "One-Arm Pope". He graduated from William and Mary College, studied law and moved to Springfield, Kentucky where he was admitted to the bar. He practiced law in Washington, Shelby, and Fayette County, Kentucky.

Career

Pope served as the presidential elector from Kentucky in 1801, and was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1802. He served in the House again from 1806 to 1807.^[2]

Pope was elected as a Jeffersonian Republican to the United States Senate, serving from 1807 to 1813, and served as President pro tempore of the Senate during the Eleventh Congress. Pope was Secretary of State of Kentucky from 1816 to 1819, under Governor Gabriel Slaughter.^[3]

He served as a member of the Kentucky Senate from 1825 to 1829, and was also elected three times to the United States House of Representatives, initially as an Independent^[4] and then as a Whig, serving Kentucky's District 7 between 1837 and 1843.

From 1829 to 1835, he served as the Governor of Arkansas Territory. During his term as governor he arranged for the construction of the Old State House which remains the oldest surviving state capitol west of the Mississippi River.

Family life

Pope was married to the sister-in-law of President John Quincy Adams. He was also the brother of Nathaniel Pope, a prominent figure in early Illinois Territory, and the uncle to both John Pope, Union General in the Civil War and Daniel Pope Cook, another prominent politician in the early history of the state of Illinois.

Death and legacy

John Pope died in Springfield, Kentucky, and is buried in the Springfield Cemetery.^[5]

Pope County, Arkansas is named for John Pope.^[6]

References

↑ encyclopediaofarkansas.net
↑ "Pope, John (1770–1845)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
↑ "Secretary of State John Pope". Kentucky Secretary of State. Retrieved August 10, 2012.
↑ Dubin, Michael J. (March 1, 1998). United States Congressional Elections, 1788–1997: The Official Results of the Elections of the 1st Through 105th Congresses. McFarland and Company. p. 117. ISBN 978-0786402830. ; Martis, Kenneth C. (January 1, 1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress, 1789–1989. Macmillan Publishing Company. p. 94. ISBN 978-0029201701. ; Moore, John L., ed. (1994). Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections (Third ed.). Congressional Quarterly Inc. p. 966. ISBN 978-0871879967.
↑ "John "One-Arm Pope" Pope". Find A Grave. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
↑ "Profile for Pope County, Arkansas, AR". ePodunk. Retrieved August 10, 2012.

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United States Senate
Preceded by Henry Clay	U.S. Senator (Class 3) from Kentucky 1807–1813 Served alongside: Buckner Thruston, Henry Clay, George M. Bibb	Succeeded by Jesse Bledsoe
Political offices
Preceded by John Gaillard	President pro tempore of the United States Senate February 23, 1811 – November 3, 1811	Succeeded by William H. Crawford
Preceded by Robert Crittenden	Territorial Governor of Arkansas 1829–1835	Succeeded by William S. Fulton
United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Benjamin Hardin	United States Representative (district 7) from Kentucky 1837–1843	Succeeded by William Thomasson

United States Senators from Kentucky

Class 2	Brown Thruston Clay Bibb Walker Barry Hardin Crittenden Johnson Bibb Crittenden Morehead J. Underwood Thompson Powell Guthrie McCreery Stevenson Beck Carlisle Lindsay Blackburn Paynter James Martin Stanley Sackett Robsion Williamson M. Logan Chandler Stanfill Cooper Chapman T. Underwood Cooper Barkley Humphreys Cooper Huddleston McConnell

Class 3	Edwards Marshall J. Breckinridge Adair Clay Pope Bledsoe Talbot W. Logan Talbot Rowan Clay Crittenden Metcalfe Clay Meriwether Dixon Crittenden J. C. Breckinridge Davis Machen McCreery Williams Blackburn Deboe McCreary Bradley Camden Beckham Ernst Barkley Withers Clements Morton Cook Ford Bunning Paul

Presidents pro tempore of the United States Senate

Langdon Lee Langdon Izard H Tazewell Livermore Bingham Bradford Read Sedgwick Laurance Ross Livermore Tracy Howard Hillhouse Baldwin Bradley Brown Franklin Anderson Smith Bradley Milledge Gregg Gaillard Pope Crawford Varnum Gaillard Barbour Gaillard Macon Smith L Tazewell White Poindexter Tyler W R King Southard Mangum Sevier Atchison W R King Atchison Cass Bright Stuart Bright Mason Rusk Fitzpatrick Bright Fitzpatrick Foot Clark Foster Wade Anthony Carpenter Anthony Ferry Thurman Bayard Davis Edmunds Sherman Ingalls Manderson Harris Ransom Harris Frye Office rotated 1911–1913 Bacon Curtis Gallinger Brandegee Lodge Clarke Saulsbury Cummins Moses Pittman W H King Harrison Glass McKellar Vandenberg McKellar Bridges George Hayden Russell Ellender Eastland Magnuson Young Magnuson Thurmond Stennis Byrd Thurmond Byrd Thurmond Byrd Stevens Byrd Inouye Leahy Hatch

Governors of Arkansas

Territory (1819–1836)	J. Miller Izard Crittenden Pope Fulton

State (since 1836)	J. Conway Yell Adams Drew Byrd Roane E. Conway Rector Flanagin Murphy Clayton Hadley Baxter Brooks* Baxter Garland W. Miller Churchill Berry Hughes Eagle Fishback Clarke Jones Davis Little Moore Pindall Martin Donaghey Robinson Oldham Futrell Hays Brough McRae Terral Martineau Parnell Futrell Bailey Adkins Laney McMath Cherry Faubus Rockefeller Bumpers Riley Pryor Purcell Clinton White Clinton Tucker Huckabee Beebe Hutchinson

Italics indicates acting governor * Disputed; see Brooks-Baxter War

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 51245900 LCCN: no89016457 US Congress: P000431

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