John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham was an American attorney and politician who served as the 35th governor of Kentucky and a United States senator from Kentucky. He was the state's first popularly-elected
Beckham, c. 1915
Funds were allocated for the construction of Kentucky's current capitol during Beckham's second term.
Beckham as a U.S. Senator
Wickland, Beckham's birthplace, is on the National Register of Historic Places