RICHARD HAWES
Richard Hawes was born in Caroline county on February 6,
1797, and, with his parents, removed to Kentucky when he was
fifteen years of age. He was educated in Transylvania University
and about the time he reached his majority was admitted to the
bar. He began to practice law in Winchester and represented
the State in the legislature for several years. He represented
Kentucky in the Twenty-Fifth and Twenty-Sixth Congresses of
the United States as a Whig. He afterward became a member
of the Democratic party and an advocate of the Southern Cause.
He was installed Provisional Governor of Kentucky on October
4, 1862. He was elected County Judge in 1866 and served until
his death, which occurred in Bourbon County May 25, 1877.
For more complete biography see Biographical Congressional
Dictionary.
