Historical Marker
Governor Thomas E. Bramlette
Historical marker location:
Louisville, Kentucky
( Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville)
Lawyer, legislator, soldier, and governor, he was born on Jan. 3, 1817, in present Clinton County. During Civil War he raised and was colonel of 3rd Ky. Union Inf. In 1862, Pres. Lincoln appointed him US Dist. Attorney for Ky. The next year he became governor after an election rife with Union military interference.