John Pope (politician)

John Pope (politician)

Infobox Senator
name =John Pope


imagesize =153px
jr/sr =United States Senator
state =Kentucky
term_start =March 4, 1807
term_end =March 3, 1813
preceded =Henry Clay
succeeded =Jesse Bledsoe
order2 =3rd Territorial Governor of Arkansas
term_start2 =March 9, 1829
term_end2 =March 9, 1835
president2 =Andrew Jackson
predecessor2 =George Izard
successor2 =William Savin Fulton
order3 =Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kentucky's 7th district
term_start3 =March 4, 1837
term_end3 =March 3, 1843
predecessor3 =Benjamin Hardin
successor3 =William Thomasson
birth_date =1770
birth_place =Prince William County, Virginia
death_date =July 12, 1845
death_place =Springfield, Kentucky
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party =Democratic-Republican (as Senator)
Democratic (as Governor)
Whig (as Representative)
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John Pope (1770 - July 12, 1845) was a United States Senator from Kentucky, a member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky, Secretary of State of Kentucky, and Governor of Arkansas Territory.

John Pope was born in Prince William County, Virginia in 1770. He lost his arm during his youth and was known as "One-arm Pope". He studied law and moved to Springfield, Kentucky where he was admitted to the bar. He practiced law in Washington, Shelby, and Fayette County, Kentucky. He was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1802 and served again in 1806 and 1807.

Pope was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate, serving from 1807 to 1813, and served as President pro tempore of the Senate during the Eleventh Congress. He also served as a member of the Kentucky Senate from 1825 to 1829, and was elected three times as a Whig to the United States House of Representatives serving Kentucky's District 7 between 1827 and 1833.

From 1829 to 1835 he served as the Governor of Arkansas Territory. During his term as governor he arranged for the construction of the Old State House which remains the oldest surviving state capitol west of the Mississippi River.

Pope was married to the sister-in-law of President John Quincy Adams. He was also the brother of Nathaniel Pope, a prominent figure in early Illinois Territory, and the uncle to both John Pope, Union General in the Civil War and Daniel Pope Cook, another prominent politician in the early history of the state of Illinois.

John Pope died in Springfield, Kentucky, and is buried in the Springfield Cemetery. Pope County, Arkansas is named for John Pope.

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