TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

March 4, 1780, Captain Abraham Lincoln received a land grant for his service in the Revolutionary War along the Green River in what is now Lincoln County.

March 4, 1793, President George Washington took his 2^nd oath for the presidency in the Senate Chamber of Congress Hall in Philadelphia, administered by Associate Justice William Cushing.

Inauguration Trivia: Robert Livingston, Chancellor of the State of New York, administered President Washington’s 1^st oath as prescribed by the Constitution in New York City’s Federal Hall in April of 1789.

March 4, 1795, Frankfort native Humphrey Marshall became Kentucky’s 2^nd Class III U.S. Senator.

March 4, 1797, Chief Justice Oliver Ellsworth swore in John Adams as America’s 2^nd president, the 1^st president to receive the oath of office from a U.S. Chief Justice. The ceremony occurred in Philadelphia at Congress Hall in the House of Representatives Chamber.

On March 4, 1801, Chief Justice John Marshall swore in Thomas Jefferson as the 3^rd U.S. president, the 1^st inauguration in Washington, D.C.. Lexington native John Breckinridge became Kentucky’s 3^rd Class III U.S. Senator.

March 4, 1805, Virginian Buckner Thurston became Kentucky’s 2^nd Class II U.S. Senator.

March 4, 1807, Virginian John Pope became Kentucky’s 6^th Class III U.S. Senator.

March 4, 1809, Chief Justice John Marshall swore in James Madison as the 4^th U.S. president.

March 4, 1811, on Henry Clay’s 1^st day as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, his colleagues elected him Speaker. Clay would spend the majority of his career in the House even though he had several terms as U.S. Senator. George M. Bibb took Henry Clay’s Senate seat to become Kentucky’s 4^th Class II Senator.

March 4, 1813, Virginia native Jesse Bledsoe became Kentucky’s 7^th Class III U.S. Senator.

March 4, 1815, Henry Clay remained the U.S. Speaker of the House.

March 4, 1817, Chief Justice John Marshall swore in James Monroe as the 5^th U.S. president. John Jordan Crittenden became a U.S. Senator for the 1^st time as Kentucky’s 8^th Class II Senator.

March 4, 1819, William Logan, born within the walls of Fort Harrod, became Kentucky’s 9^th Class III U.S. Senator. He spent most of his childhood in St. Asaphs Fort.

March 4, 1823, Henry Clay remained the U.S. Speaker of the House.

^{Henry Clay in 1818 By Matthew Harris Jouett}

March 4, 1825, Chief Justice John Marshall swore in John Quincy Adams as the 6^th U.S. president. Henry Clay became the 9^th U.S. Secretary of State, and John Rowan became Kentucky’s 11^th Class III Senator.

March 4, 1829, Chief Justice John Marshall swore in Andrew Jackson as the 7^th U.S. president, and George M. Bibb became Kentucky’s 4^th Class II U.S. Senator for his 2^nd and final term.

March 4, 1830, John Floyd, born in Floyd’s Station, became Virginia’s 25^th governor.

March 4, 1831, Jefferson County native Alexander Buckner became a U.S. Senator from Missouri.

March 4, 1835, John Jordan Crittenden became Kentucky’s 11^th Class II Senator for the 2^nd time. He would go onto serve as a Class III Senator as well.

March 4, 1837, Richard Mentor Johnson became the 9^th Vice President of the U.S. under President Martin Van Buren. Born in Beargrass, Virginia, now Louisville, Richard had an unremarkable VP term with little influence over President Van Buren. However, he cast the tie-breaking vote in the senate 14 times, more than his predecessors save John Adams and John Calhoun.

March 4, 1841, Chief Justice Robert B. Taney swore in William Henry Harrison as the 9^th U.S. president and James T. Morehead became Kentucky’s 12^th Class II Senator.

March 4, 1843, Kentucky created LaRue County from Hardin County and named it in honor of John Larue, one of the county’s original settlers and the grandfather of Governor John L. Helm. The county seat is Hodgenville. Other localities include Upton, (partly in Hardin County) Buffalo, Magnolia, Athertonville, Lyons, Mount Sherman, and Tonieville. The 96th county created, LaRue County, covers 263 square miles.

March 4, 1845, Chief Justice Robert B. Taney swore in James K. Polk as the 11^th president in at the East Portico of the D.C. Capitol. Bourbon County native Thomas Corwin became a U.S. Senator representing Ohio.

March 4, 1847, Joseph R. Underwood became Kentucky’s 13^th Class II U.S. Senator.

Sunday, March 4, 1849, Henry Clay took the U.S. Senator oath for the 3^rd and last time. President Zachary Taylor refused the inauguration on a Sunday for religious reasons. Without a vice president to fill the void, Kentucky native and President pro tempore Senator David Rice Atchison was U.S. President for a day, as David likes to claim. Although Atchison was not formally sworn in during his extremely brief tenure as President, he did sign some official papers during the day.

Kentucky Trivia: U.S. Senators are either in Class I, II, or III. Kentucky Senators are in Class II or III. Senator Paul is in Class III, and Senator McConnell is in Class II. There have only been five Kentucky Senators who sat in both classes. They are Henry Clay, John J Crittenden, Thomas C. McCreary, Joseph Blackburn, and Alben W. Barkley.

^{Henry Clay in 1848} ^{By Julian Vannerson or Montgomery P. Simons}

March 4, 1851, Danville native Henry Smith passed over. One of four governors born in Danville, three governed Kentucky while Henry oversaw Texas.

March 4, 1853, Chief Justice Robert B. Taney swore in President Franklin Pierce as the 14^th president. John B. Thompson became Kentucky’s 14^th Class II U.S. Senator.

March 4, 1855, John Jordan Crittenden became the 18^th Class III U.S. Senator. This was his 4^th and final term.

March 4, 1857, Lexingtonian John C. Breckinridge became the 14^th Vice President of the U.S. He was and still is the youngest person to take the oath for this office when he served under James Buchanan, the 15^th U.S. President.

Inauguration Trivia: James Buchanan’s Inauguration on March 4, 1857, was the 1^st one known to have been photographed.

March 4, 1859, Lazarus W. Powell became Kentucky’s 15^th Class II U.S. Senator.

March 4, 1861, Chief Justice Robert B. Taney swore in Abraham Lincoln for his 1^st term as president. John C. Breckinridge began as Kentucky’s 19^th Class III Senator; they would expel him by the end of the year. John Jordan Crittenden became a Representative from Kentucky’s 8^th district, the last time he held public office. Bath County native Henry Smith Lane became a U.S. Senator for Indiana.

Saturday, March 4, 1865, Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase swore in President A. Lincoln for his 2^nd term. A cold crowd heard the inaugural address on the Capitol grounds. The war would end was within days, along with slavery. Lincoln did not speak of happiness but of sadness. As he stood on the East Portico to take the executive oath, the newly completed Capitol dome over the President’s head was a physical reminder of his Administration’s resolve throughout the years of the Civil War.

Kentucky Trivia: President Lincoln was the 1^st bearded U.S. President, the 1^st to hold a patent. John W. Booth happened to be in a picture, standing on a balcony above the president on the historical day.

^{East front of the U.S. Capitol during President Lincoln’s 2nd inauguration, six weeks before his assassination. (AP Photo/File)}

Later that Saturday evening, Mrs. Lincoln’s assistant recalled the occasion when the President came in a while attending Mrs. Lincoln. “It was the 1^st time I had seen him since inauguration, and I went up to him, proffering my hand with words of congratulation. He grasped my outstretched hand warmly and held it while he spoke: “Thank you. We do not know what we are destined to pass through. But God will be with us all. I put my trust in God.” He dropped my hand, and with a solemn face, walked across the room and took his seat on the sofa. I finished dressing Mrs. Lincoln, and she took the President’s arms and they went below.

It was one of the largest receptions ever held in Washington. Thousands crowded the White House’s halls and rooms, eager to shake Mr. Lincoln by his hand and receive a gracious smile from his wife. The jam was terrible, and the enthusiasm great.

March 4, 1865, James Guthrie became the 16^th Class II U.S. Kentucky Senator. Warsaw native Richard Yates became a U.S. Senator for Illinois.

March 4, 1869, Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase swore in Ulysses S. Grant as the 18^th president.

March 4, 1871, John White Stevenson became Kentucky’s 18^th Class II Senator.

March 4, 1873, Owensboro native Thomas C. McCreery became Kentucky’s 22^nd Class III Senator. Floydsburg native Richard James Oglesby became a U.S. Senator for Illinois. Floydsburg is in Oldham County.

March 4, 1877, Chief Justice Morrison Waite swore in Rutherford B. Hayes as the 19^th president. Also sworn in was the European James B. Beck, as Kentucky’s 19^th Class II U.S. Senator. Fleming County native Alvin Saunders became a U.S. Senator for Nebraska.

Localtonians wish a Happy Birthday to Paris native Garrett Morgan, born in 1877. He blazed a trail for African-American inventors with patents on gas masks, the traffic signal and many other inventions.

March 4, 1879, John Stuart Williams became Kentucky’s 23^rd Class III U.S. Senator.

March 4, 1881, Chief Justice Morrison Waite swore in James A. Garfield as the 20^th U.S. president.

March 4, 1883, Monticello native Shelby Moore Cullom became a U.S. Senator for Illinois.

March 4, 1885, Joseph Blackburn became Kentucky’s 24^th Class III U.S. Senator. Mr. Blackburn would later become a Class II Senator. Chief Justice Morrison Waite swore in Grover Cleveland for the 1^st time to be the 22^nd U.S. president.

March 4, 1889, Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller swore in Benjamin Harris as the 23^rd U.S. president.

March 4, 1891, Eagle Creek native John McAuley Palmer became a U.S. Senator for Illinois. Eagle Creek is in Scott County.

March 4, 1893, Christian County native Adlai Ewing Stevenson became the 23^rd Vice President under President Grover Cleveland who entered his 2^nd term as the 24^th President.

March 4, 1897, Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller swore in William McKinley as the 25^th president. Crittenden County native William J. Deboe became Kentucky’s 25^th Class III Senator.

March 4, 1901, Joseph Blackburn became Kentucky’s 22^nd Class II U.S. Senator. He is one of a few from the Kentucky delegation to serve in both classes.

March 4, 1903, James B. McCreary became Kentucky’s 26^th Class III Senator. Madison County native William Joel Stone became a U.S. Senator for Missouri.

March 4, 1904, the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky (UK) played the 1^st basketball team located out of state. Kentucky hosted Cincinnati in the State College Gymnasium and won 25-21. This was Kentucky’s last game of the season and the only win.

March 4, 1907, Thomas H. Paynter became Kentucky’s 23^rd Class II U.S. Senator.

Localtonians wish a Happy Birthday to Murray native Dr. Theodore Roosevelt Mason Howard, born in 1908. The civil rights leader, fraternal organization leader, entrepreneur, and surgeon helped founded Mississippi’s leading civil rights organization in the 1950s. He was also president of the National Medical Association, chairman of the National Negro Business League board, and a leading national advocate of African-American businesses.

March 4, 1909, Melville W. Fuller swore in William Howard Taft as the 27^th president. William O. Bradley became Kentucky’s 27^th Class III Senator.

March 4, 1911, Williamsburg native Caleb Powers became a member of the U.S. House representing Kentucky’s 11^th district. He took his seat two years after Governor A. Willson pardoned him in 1908 for accessory to the murder of Governor Goebel. Powers had served eight years in jail. While in prison, Powers authored the 1905 book My Own Story.

March 4, 1913, Chief Justice Edward D. White swore in Woodrow Wilson as the 28^th president. Marion native (Crittenden County) Ollie M. James became Kentucky’s 24^th Class II U.S. Senator. Lowes native (Graves County) Alben Barkley took his 1^st job representing Kentucky as U.S. Congressman from the 1^st District.

March 4, 1915, Wickland (Nelson County) John C. W. Beckham became the 29^th Class III Kentucky U.S. Senator.

March 4, 1916, State University, Lexington (UK) played their last game of the season, the last time under the school name, their last basketball game in Woodland Park Auditorium, and the last game for Coach James P. Park. The Cats lost on Senior Day to Marietta 23-27. Kentucky played 22 games in Woodland, located on East High Street and Kentucky Avenue, over three years with a 15-7 record.

March 4, 1919, Governor Augustus Stanley became Kentucky’s 26^th Class II U.S. Senator.

March 4, 1921, Chief Justice Edward D. White swore in Warren G. Harding as the 29^th U.S. president and Richard Pretlow Ernst became Kentucky’s 30^th Class III Senator.

Inauguration Trivia: Harding’s inauguration was the 1^st to use loud speakers for those who attended the public ceremony.

March 4, 1925, Fred M. Sackett became Kentucky’s 27^th Class II U.S. Senator.

March 4, 1927, Alben W. Barkley became the 31^st Class III Kentucky Senator. This was his 1^st of two inconsecutive terms, his 2^nd term he would be a Class II Senator.

March 4, 1929, Chief Justice William H. Taft swore in Herbert Hoover as the 31^st U.S. president.

March 4, 1931, Marvel M. Logan became Kentucky’s 30^th Class II U.S. Senator.

March 4, 1933, Chief Justice John Marshall swore in President Franklin D. Roosevelt as the 32^nd U.S. president, the last inauguration to be held in March; also, the last time the V.P. took the oath of office in the Senate chamber, until Nelson Rockefeller’s swearing-in on December 19, 1974.

Inauguration Trivia: Thirty-six inaugurations occurred in March and 22 in January, including Biden’s. In 1933, the 20th Amendment to the Constitution changed the event from March to January.

March 4, 1942, Sheriff Ralph Ward Haycraft, Grayson County Sheriff’s Office, succumbed to injuries sustained four days earlier when he was struck in the face by a rock. The Sheriff tried to stop some civilians from harassing soldiers visiting Caneyville.

March 4, 1950, Deputy Sheriff Jerry Stamper, Perry County Sheriff’s Office, died from a gunshot as he and several other deputies attempted to disarm a man in a bar fight.

March 4, 1952, Marine Corps PFC Joseph J. Meyer from Brooksville in Bracken County died fighting in the Korean War.

On March 4, 1974, the Kentucky State Racing Commission legalized the drug bute for race horses. The same drug they disqualified Dancer’s Image for using in the 1968 Kentucky Derby.

March 4, 1979, Deputy Sheriff Claude E. Flinchum, Wolfe County Sheriff’s Office, died from a gunshot while waiting for his backup units to arrive after responding to a disturbance call.

March 4, 1994, Bowling Green native William Natcher received the Presidential Citizens Medal from President Bill Clinton.

March 4, 1995, LSU scored 127 points in Rupp Arena, hitting 20 three-pointers. Both stats are arena records for an opponent.

March 4, 2011, Police Officer James Philip “Stumpy” Sticklen, Alexandria Police Department, suffered a fatal heart attack due to restraining a juvenile earlier in the week.

March 4, 2011, at 10:09:43 UTC, Kentucky Space launched their KySat-1 Satellite to operate for eighteen to twenty-four months. Unfortunately, the Taurus rocket carrying the payload failed to make orbit.

March 4, 2012, Kentucky closed out the 2011-12 season with a 74-59 win at Florida, capping a perfect 16-0 SEC run. It marked the 3^rd time a UK team went 16-0 in league play and the 1^st time since the 2003 squad turned the trick.

March 4, 2017, a Keeneland graduate exacta won the GII $400,000 Fountain of Youth Stakes.

March 4, 2020, the Kentucky Department of Public Health announced they had the resources to test for the coronavirus. They tested three people, two were negative, and one was still waiting for results. As of March 4, eleven U.S. citizens had died from the virus. The federal government continued to tell the pubic not to wear masks.

March 4, 2021, in his daily briefing, Governor A. Beshear told Kentucky the mask mandates won’t end soon, while governors in Mississippi and Texas repealed their mask mandates. Meanwhile, Roberta Mason received Kentucky’s 100,000^th vaccine at Kroger Field.

March 4, 2022, while workers found a WWII bomb in the Buffalo Trace Distillery, officials assured Kentucky teachers their pension didn’t lose $13 million in Russian banks as the xenophobia continued. Meanwhile, a jury backed a good citizen and ruled that Kentucky’s whistleblower law protected him.

On Saturday, March 4, 2023, the CDC issued a health alert advisory warning clinics and public health authorities to look for measles after Kentucky identified a case at a big gathering. According to the CDC, on February 24, the Kentucky Department of Public Health found a confirmed case of measles in an unvaccinated individual with a history of overseas travel.

March 4, 2023, Todd Pletcher trained a Kentucky bred to win the GII $400,000 Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream Park. The winner would scratch from the Kentucky Derby the day of.

TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

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