In a final act of defiance, Desha threatened to refuse to vacate the governor's mansion , although he ultimately acquiesced without incident, ceding the governorship to his successor, National Republican Thomas Metcalfe.
At the expiration of his term, he retired from public life and ultimately died at his son's home in Georgetown, Kentucky, on October 11, Like most frontier settlers, the Desha family frequently found themselves in conflict with Indians after moving to Tennessee, and between the ages of 15 and 22, Joseph Desha volunteered in several military campaigns against them.
On January 23, , he was appointed as a major in the 29th Regiment. Desha was elected without opposition to the first of six consecutive terms in the U.
House of Representatives in Early in his career, Desha advocated an adequate army to defend American territory from Great Britain and France. Army , and authorize President James Madison to accept volunteer units for military service. Desha returned to Kentucky after the congressional session. Young , Desha's old friend William Whitley had a premonition of his own death the night before the battle and gave his rifle and powderhorn to Desha, asking him to convey it to his widow, along with a message of his affection.
Desha resumed his service in Congress at its next term. Desha gradually became more conservative after his return to the House, consistently resisting expansion of the U. During the Fourteenth Congress — , he was the only member of the twelve-member Kentucky congressional delegation to oppose the Compensation Act of Desha was one of four candidates who sought the governorship of Kentucky in With Adair constitutionally ineligible to seek a second consecutive term, Desha was the first candidate to publicly declare his intention to seek the governorship in Stickles has noted that he used Anti-Relief rhetoric in some counties.
Anti-Relief partisans opened many lines of attack against Desha. They said his refusal to articulate a specific campaign platform showed that he was trying to be all things to all people. Crawford while serving as a presidential elector in , even though Kentuckians were nearly unanimous in their support of James Monroe. Although Desha was universally acknowledged as the leading candidate during the early months of the campaign, as election day approached, some began to doubt whether he could withstand the withering attacks of the Anti-Relief Party.
On November 4, , just months after the election, the state capitol building was destroyed by a fire. Desha's major accomplishment as governor was in the area of internal improvements. He advocated using excess money earmarked for education to construct hard-surfaced roads in the state, but the General Assembly was less responsive to this suggestion.
Kentucky historian Thomas D. Clark wrote that Desha "made rash promises to relieve the horde of bankrupt voters Biddle which held that land claims granted by Virginia in the District of Kentucky prior to Kentucky becoming a separate state took precedence over those later granted by the state of Kentucky if the two were in conflict.
Harrison , a "flagrant violation of House rules". Secretary of State William T. Barry was Desha's choice for chief justice of the New Court. On January 10, , Desha appointed four justices to the new court. Senator William T. Barry , as chief justice. Blair , clerk of the New Court, so Blair took the records from Sneed's office by force, and Sneed was fined 10 pounds for contempt of court because of his refusal to cooperate.
Although Desha and his entire administration campaigned on behalf of New Court candidates during the legislative elections of , Old Court supporters regained the state House and evenly split the Senate between Old and New Court supporters. McAfee , and all the legislators in the General Assembly, essentially allowing the state government to reset itself. By , the economic climate in the state had improved significantly. Police Givens, Sidney L. Fire Glazier, Harvey D.
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The US Army granted permission to the Library to hire women in large numbers to maintain operations during the war; many stayed on until their retirement. Fielding H. Garrison was a renowned medical historian, bibliographer, and librarian of medicine who became assistant librarian in and principal assistant librarian in Garrison joined the US Army Officers Reserve Corps as a major in , rising to the ranks of lieutenant colonel in and colonel in Among historians of medicine, Garrison is known for writing the first comprehensive treatise on the history of medicine, as well as contributing to The Medical Department of the United States Army in the World War.
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