- Jacob Golladay
Infobox Congressman
name=Jacob Shall Golladay
width=
state=Kentucky
district=3rd
party=Democrat
term=December 5 ,1867 –February 28 ,1870
preceded=Elijah Hise
succeeded=Joseph Lewis
date of birth=January 19 ,1819
place of birth=Allensville, Kentucky , USA
date of death=May 20 ,1887
place of death=Russellville, Kentucky , USA
spouse=Elizabeth Cheatham
profession=Politician ,Lawyer
religion=Christian
footnotes=Jacob Shall Golladay (
January 19 ,1819 -May 20 ,1887 ) was a nineteenth century politician fromKentucky . He served in theKentucky House of Representatives and Senate, followed by two terms as aUnited States Representative for the 3rd congressional district.Early life
Golladay's father Isaac was a French
Hugenot who emigrated toVirginia to escape persecution. [cite book| title=Biographical Encyclopedia of Kentucky: Of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century| first=J. M.| last=Armstrong| month=June| year=1980| publisher=Southern Historical Press| url=http://www.amazon.com/Biographical-Encyclopedia-Kentucky-Nineteenth-Century/dp/0893081930/ref=sr_1_1/105-9909890-7763633?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189600934&sr=8-1| isbn=978-0893081935] The family name may be an anglicised version of the French surname "Gallaudet".In 1815 the family moved to
Lebanon, Tennessee where both Jacob and his younger brother Edward were born. After attending public school, Jacob moved to Nashville in 1838 and thence to Kentucky in 1845 where he practised as a lawyer. In 1846 he married Elizabeth Cheatham. Their only son, John Jacob, died at the age of 15 and was buried at the Maple Grove Cemetery in Russellville. [cite web| title=John Jacob Golladay| first=Bill| last=Golladay| month=September| year=2005| url=http://golladay.home.mindspring.com/Other%20Golladay%20members/JohnJacobGolladay.htm| accessdate=2007-09-12]Politics
Golladay won election to the
Kentucky House of Representatives in 1851 representing Allensville. He resigned in 1853 to take up a seat in theKentucky Senate , stepping down in 1855 after a single term.On December 5, 1867 he was elected as a Democrat to the
Fortieth Congress , representingKentucky's 3rd congressional district following the death of the previous RepresentativeElijah Hise . He was re-elected to theForty-first Congress and served until his retirement due on February 28, 1870.Later life
After Congress, Golladay resumed his legal practise in Allensville. He died near Russellville in 1887 and was buried next to his son in Maple Grove Cemetery.
References
ee also
*CongBio|G000271
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