Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

Loughborough, Preston S.

Born: 1801-XX-XX Franklin County, Kentucky

Died: 1852-02-12 Missouri

Preston S. Loughborough was a lawyer, state government official, federal government official, and law professor. Loughborough received his early education in Frankfort, Kentucky. He matriculated to Transylvania University, where he was a classmate of Jefferson Davis. Loughborough left Transylvania in September 1824 upon receiving appointment as assistant secretary of state for Kentucky. He also started a law practice. In September 1827, Longborough married Ann C. "Nancy" Haggin. In January 1828, he became adjutant general of the Kentucky Militia, a position he held until December 1829, when he resigned to become a clerk with the U.S. Post Office in Washington, DC. In 1835, Loughborough advanced to the position of chief clerk, and he also served as treasurer of the U.S. Postal Service. Longborough also served as the first U.S. postal inspector. In 1838, President Martin Van Buren appointed him attorney of the United States for the District of Kentucky. Loughborough served in this position until 1851. He also continued in private legal practice, and in 1842, he compiled and published A Digest of the Statute Laws of Kentucky, a compendium of statutes and legal decision enacted since 1834. Nancy Loughborough died in 1846, and Preston moved his law practice to Louisville. Loughborough also taught law at the University of Louisville. In 1850, he was living in Louisville's Third District and owned $30,000 in real estate. In February 1851, Loughborough married Eliza P. Yandell. Suffering from poor health, he traveled to Missouri in late 1851 in hopes of improving his health. His health failing, Loughborough took his own life.

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