James Garrard
| James Garrard | |
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| 2nd Governor of Kentucky | |
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In office June 7, 1796 – September 5, 1804 |
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| Lieutenant | Alexander Scott Bullitt |
| Preceded by | Isaac Shelby |
| Succeeded by | Christopher Greenup |
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| Born |
January 14, 1749 Stafford County, Virginia |
| Died | January 19, 1822 (aged 73) Bourbon County, Kentucky |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Mountjoy |
| Relations | Grandfather of James H. Garrard, Kenner Garrard, and Theophilus T. Garrard |
| Residence | Mount Lebanon |
| Profession | Soldier, minister, farmer, lumber miller, distiller |
| Religion | Baptist |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Service/branch | Virginia militia |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Battles/wars | Revolutionary War |
James Garrard (January 14, 1749 – January 19, 1822) was a farmer and Baptist minister who served as the second governor of Kentucky from 1796 to 1804. Because of term limits imposed by the state constitution adopted in 1799, he was the last Kentucky governor elected to two consecutive terms until the restriction was eased by a 1992 amendment, allowing Paul E. Patton's re-election in 1999.
After serving in the Revolutionary War, Garrard moved west to the part of Virginia that is now Bourbon County, Kentucky. He held several local political offices and represented the area in the Virginia House of Delegates. He was chosen as a delegate to five of the ten statehood conventions that secured Kentucky's separation from Virginia and helped write the state's first constitution. Garrard was among the delegates who unsuccessfully tried to exclude guarantees of the continuance of slavery from the document. In 1795, he sought to succeed Isaac Shelby as governor. In a three-way race, Benjamin Logan received a plurality, but not a majority, of the electoral votes cast. Although the state constitution did not specify whether a plurality or a majority was required, the electors held another vote between the top two candidates – Logan and Garrard – and on this vote, Garrard received a majority. Logan protested Garrard's election to state attorney general John Breckinridge and the state senate, but both claimed they had no constitutional power to intervene.
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