Hawes, R. (Richard), 1797-1877

found: His To my constituents of the counties of Clarke, Fayette, Woodford, and Franklin, 1841:p. 8 (signed, R. Hawes)

found: Kentucky encyclopedia, ©1992:pages 418-419 ("Richard Hawes" the second of two governors of Confederate Kentucky. Born February 6, 1797 in Caroline County, Virginia and moved to Lexington, Ky. in 1810. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1818. In 1824 he set up a legal practice in Winchester, Ky. Served as a state representative for Clark County, Ky. in 1828, 1829 and 1834. During 1837-1841 he served as a Whig Representative in the U. S. House of Representatives. Moved to Paris, Ky. where he returned to practicing law. Became a Democrat when the Whig party dissolved in the 1850s. On October 4, 1862, Hawes was escorted into Frankfort for the establishment of a Confederate government in Kentucky. Union troops entered the city late that afternoon and drove out the Confederates, with Hawes spending the remainder of the war as governor in exhile. After the war he returned to his Paris law practice. Served as county judge in Bourbon County, Ky. Died May 25, 1877 in Paris, Ky.)