Powers, Caleb, 1869-1932

LC control no.	n 97113881
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Powers, Caleb, 1869-1932 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Associated country	United States
Located	Barbourville (Ky.) Lexington (Ky.) West Point (N.Y.) Valparaiso (Ind.) Knox County (Ky.)
Birth date	1869-02-01
Death date	1932-07-25
Place of birth	Whitley County (Ky.)
Place of death	Baltimore (Md.)
Affiliation	Union College (Barbourville, Ky.) Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky United States Military Academy Northern Indiana Normal School and Business Institute United States. Congress. House
Profession or occupation	Attorneys College teachers School superintendents Legislators
Found in	Caleb Powers and the mountain army, c1997: p. 1, etc. (wrongfully imprisoned as a conspirator in the assassination of Senator William Goebel of Ky.; later served as U.S. congressman) LC manual auth. cd. (Powers, Caleb, 1869-1932) Kentucky encyclopedia, ©1992: page 733 (Caleb Powers, political leader, born in Whitley County, Ky. Attended Union College, the Agricultural and Mechanical College (now the University of Kentucky) and the U. S. Military Academy. Graduated from the law department of Northern Indiana Normal School in Valparaiso. Elected school superintendent of Knox County, Ky. in 1893 and 1897, was admitted to the bar in 1894, then elected secretary of state of Kentucky in 1899. Arrested and convicted for being an accessory to the murder of Democratic gubernatorial candidate William Goebel, he was pardoned by Kentucky governor Augustus Willson. Served in Congress as a Representative from Kentucky March 4, 1911 to March 3, 1919. Died July 25, 1932.) Find a grave (website), viewed September 1, 2020 (Caleb Powers, died in Baltimore, Md.)
Associated language	eng