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Augustus Everett Willson (* 13. Oktober 1846 in Maysville, Kentucky; † 24. August 1931 in Louisville, Kentucky) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker und der 36. Gouverneur des Bundesstaates Kentucky. Frühe Jugend und politischer Aufstieg. Augustus Willson erhielt seine schulische Ausbildung im Staat New York.
Augustus Everett Willson (October 13, 1846 – August 24, 1931) was an American politician and the 36th Governor of Kentucky. Orphaned at the age of twelve, Willson went to live with relatives in New England. This move exposed him to such authors as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and James ...
The entire family of seven African Americans including parents, infant in arms, and four children were killed, with the event reported by national newspapers. Governor Augustus E. Willson of Kentucky strongly condemned the murders and promised a reward for information leading to prosecution. No one was ever prosecuted.
AUGUSTUS E. WILLSON was born in Maysville, Kentucky on October 13,1846. His education was attained at the Alfred Academy in New York, and at Harvard University, where he earned an A.B. degree in 1869. He continued on at Harvard studying law, and in 1870, he was admitted to the bar.
Augustus E. Willson (who was sworn in only a few days after the raid), but also the Commonwealth's new fire marshal law. Mott Ayres, a western Kentucky politician appointed by Willson's predecessor, J.C.W. Beckham, was Kentucky's first fire marshal, appointed under a law enacted on March 21, 1906.4 The new fire marshal was immediately plunged ...
Augustus Everett Willson The papers of Augustus Everett Willson, Louisville lawyer, and governor of Kentucky, 1907-1911. For information regarding literary and copyright interests for these papers, see the Curator of Manuscripts, James J. Holmberg. Size of Collection 13 cubic feet Locator Number Mss.\A\W742
Augustus Everett Willson was an American politician and the 36th Governor of Kentucky. Orphaned at the age of twelve, Willson went to live with relatives in New England. This move exposed him to such authors as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and James Russell Lowell, who were associates of his older ...
