About Isham Talbot
Lived 1773 – 1837 (aged 63–64). Isham Talbot was an American politician and lawyer.
Isham Talbot (1773 – September 25, 1837) was a United States Senator from Kentucky.
Born in Bedford County, Virginia, Isham Talbot Jr. moved with his parents, Isham and Elizabeth (Davis) Talbot, to Harrodsburg, Kentucky in about 1784. He was admitted to the bar, and began his legal practice in Versailles, Kentucky. He moved to Frankfort, Kentucky, where he also was a lawyer.
Talbot served in the Kentucky Senate from 1812 to 1815. He was then elected as a Democratic Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Jesse Bledsoe, and served from February 2, 1815, to March 3, 1819. The second time he was elected to the United States Senate was to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William Logan, and served from October 19, 1820, to March 3, 1825. He then resumed his law practice and died on his plantation near Frankfort.
Isham Talbot was interred in the State Cemetery in Frankfort.
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American politician (1773–1837)
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Isham Talbot was born in 1773 in Bedford County.
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Isham Talbot died on 25 September 1837 in Frankfort.
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Isham Talbot was a politician and lawyer.
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