Historical Marker

A Kentucky Governor

Birthsite of Preston H. Leslie. Lived here, 1819-1835. Admitted to bar, 1840. Moved to Monroe Co., 1841. Kentucky Representative, 1844-1851. State Senator, 1851-1855, 1867-1871. Chosen Speaker, 1869. Succeeded Governor Stevenson, Feb., 1871. Elected governor, August, 1871. Montana Territorial Governor, 1887-1889. Died, 1907, and buried in Montana. Leslie Co., Ky., was named for him.