biography
| name: |
Carlisle, John Griffin
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1835–1910)
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| biography:
| US statesman and senator, born in Kenton Co, Kentucky, USA. A self-educated lawyer, he was elected to the US House of Representatives (Democrat, Kentucky, 1877–90). He served as Speaker of the House (1883–90) before appointment to the US Senate (1890–3), and became secretary of the treasury (1893–7) under President Grover Cleveland. A renowned orator, he was so outspoken in support for free trade and ‘sound money’ that he antagonized his fellow Kentuckians, and spent his last years practising law in New York City. |
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