Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn was a Democratic Representative and Senator from Kentucky. Blackburn, a skilled and spirited orator, was also a prominent trial lawyer known for his skill at swaying juries.
Mrs Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn
Luke Pryor Blackburn was an American physician, philanthropist, and politician from Kentucky. He was elected the 28th governor of Kentucky, serving from 1879 to 1883. Until the election of Ernie Fletcher in 2003, Blackburn was the only physician to serve as governor of Kentucky.
Portrait by Nicola Marschall, 1883
Blackburn's early philanthropic work benefited boatmen working on the Mississippi River.
President Abraham Lincoln was alleged to have been a target of Blackburn's yellow fever plot
Walter Evans, Blackburn's opponent in the 1879 gubernatorial election