About William S. Pilcher
Lived 1803 – 1858 (aged 55). William S. Pilcher was an American politician.
William Stanton Pilcher (January 5, 1803 – August 14, 1858) was the eleventh mayor of Louisville, Kentucky, serving from 1857 to 1858.
Pilcher was born in Stafford County, Virginia to a wealthy manufacturing family. He came to Louisville in 1833 to study law.
Pilcher unsuccessfully ran for lieutenant governor in 1844 as a Jacksonian Democrat, but was elected mayor of Louisville on the Know Nothing party on April 4, 1857, in a landslide. However, by May 13, 1858, he was too ill to continue his duties, and he died on August 14, 1858.
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American politician
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William S. Pilcher was born on 5 January 1803 in Stafford County.
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William S. Pilcher died on 14 August 1858 in Louisville.
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William S. Pilcher was a politician.
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