Robert C. Wickliffe
| Robert C. Wickliffe | |
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| 15th Governor of Louisiana | |
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In office January 22, 1856 – January 23, 1860 |
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| Lieutenant |
Charles Homer Mouton William F. Griffin |
| Preceded by | Paul Octave Hebert |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Overton Moore |
| 4th Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana | |
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In office 1854–1856 |
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| Governor | Paul Octave Hebert |
| Preceded by | William W. Farmer |
| Succeeded by | Charles H. Mouton |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
January 6, 1819 Bardstown, Kentucky |
| Died | April 18, 1895 (aged 76) Kentucky |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | (1) Anna Dawson (2) Anna Davis Anderson |
| Relations | Father of Robert Charles Wickliffe Son of Charles A. Wickliffe |
| Alma mater |
St. Joseph's College Augusta College Centre College |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
Robert Charles Wickliffe (January 6, 1819 – April 18, 1895) was Lieutenant Governor and the 15th Governor of Louisiana from 1856 to 1860.
He was born in Bardstown, Kentucky at Wickland to Governor (and later U.S. Postmaster General), Charles A. Wickliffe. His maternal grandfather was the famed Colonel Crips, an Indian fighter in Kentucky. Wickliffe attended several schools including St. Joseph's College in Bardstown and Augusta College. He graduated from Centre College in Danville, Kentucky in 1840 and resided in Washington, DC during his father's tenure as Postmaster General in the Tyler Administration. He studied law under United States Attorney General Hugh Lagare and was admitted to the Kentucky bar.
In 1843, Wickliffe married Anna Dawson, the daughter of Louisiana Congressman John Bennett Dawson and niece of Louisiana Governor Isaac Johnson. In 1846, the Wickliffes moved to St. Francisville, Louisiana so Robert could recover from pneumonia at his wife's family's plantation, Wyoming.
Wickliffe ran for the Louisiana State Senate in 1851 as a Democrat and won. Reelected in 1853, he is appointed Chairman of the Commission on Public Education, and became President Pro Tempore of the Louisiana Senate when W. W. Farmer became Lieutenant Governor. When Farmer died in office in 1854, Wickliffe, as President Pro Temp, became Lieutenant Governor.
In 1855, Wickliffe was nominated as the Democratic candidate for Governor of Louisiana. He went on to defeat Charles Derbigny, son of former Governor Pierre Derbigny, who was running on the Know Nothing ticket. In winning, Wickliffe drew 3,000 more votes than Derbigny and carried 31 of 48 parishes.
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