William E. Arthur
(March 3, 1825 — May 18, 1897) Arthur was a judge, politician, and lawyer. William Evans Arthur was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1825 and moved to Kentucky as a child. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1850. Arthur was a commonwealth attorney for the ninth judicial district of Kentucky from 1856 to 1862, after which he was appointed judge of that same judicial circuit in 1866. He served in that capacity until 1868, when he resigned. Arthur was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1875.
[Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/A000304]
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Kentucky Delegation - The Civil Rights Act of 1875
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