Leslie, Preston H. (Preston Hopkins), 1819-1907

found: WWWA, 1897-1942(Leslie, Preston Leslie; Ky. legislator and governor (1871-1875); gov. of Montana (1887-1889); and Helena lawyer; b. 1819; d. 1907)

found: The Kentucky encyclopedia, ©1992:pages 544-545 (Preston Hopkins Leslie; born in Wayne (now Clinton) County, Ky. on March 8, 1819; attorney in Monroe County; elected to Kentucky state House in 1844 as a Whig party member, then elected to Kentucky state Senate 1850-1855 and in 1867, became a Democrat when Whig party was dying out; became governor of Kentucky February 13, 1871. Appointed by President Cleveland to be territorial governor of Montana 1887-1889; worked as an attorney in Helena, Montana; appointed as U.S. district attorney by President Cleveland in 1894; died February 7, 1907)

found: Wikipedia, viewed February 15, 2019(under Preston Leslie; served in Kentucky House of Representatives 1844-1850, in Kentucky Senate 1850-1855, as Kentucky's 26th governor February 13,1871-August 31, 1875, as Montana's 9th territorial governor February 18,1887-April 13, 1889 and as U.S. District Attorney for the Montana Territory 1894-1898.)