
Joseph Desha
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 182 years ago |
Date of birth | December 9,1768 |
Zodiac sign | Sagittarius |
Born | Monroe County |
Pennsylvania | |
United States | |
Date of died | October 11,1842 |
Died | Georgetown |
Kentucky | |
United States | |
Spouse | Margaret Bledsoe |
Party | Democratic-Republican Party |
Years of service | 1793–1794; 1813 |
Children | Isaac B. Desha |
John Desha | |
Nationality | American |
Parents | Robert Desha |
Eleanor Holmes Desha | |
Grandchildren | Mary Desha |
Issa Breckenridge | |
Grandparents | Maria Alice Wheeler |
Joseph Wheeler | |
Great grandparent | Samuel Holmes |
Previous position | Governor of Kentucky (1824–1828) |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1015786 |
Joseph Desha Life story
Joseph Desha was a U.S. Representative and the ninth governor of the U.S. state of Kentucky. After the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, Desha's Huguenot ancestors fled from France to Pennsylvania, where Desha was born.