Hugh Franklin Finley | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromKentucky's11th district | |
| In office March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891 | |
| Preceded by | Frank Lane Wolford |
| Succeeded by | John Henry Wilson |
| Member of theKentucky Senate from the17th district | |
| In office August 2, 1875 – July 1876 | |
| Preceded by | B. W. S. Huffaker |
| Succeeded by | C. W. Lester |
| Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives fromWhitley County | |
| In office August 5, 1861 – May 1862 | |
| Preceded by | H. S. Tye |
| Succeeded by | James M. Jones |
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| Born | (1833-01-18)January 18, 1833 Tyes Ferry, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | October 16, 1909(1909-10-16) (aged 76) Williamsburg, Kentucky, U.S. |
Hugh Franklin Finley (January 18, 1833 – October 16, 1909) was aU.S. Representative fromKentucky, father ofCharles Finley.
Born atTyes Ferry, Kentucky, Finley attended the common schools. He engaged in agricultural pursuits, andstudied law, gainingadmission to the bar in 1859 and commencing practice inWilliamsburg, Kentucky. He served as member of theKentucky House of Representatives from 1861 to August 1862, when he resigned. Finley was elected as a KentuckyCommonwealth's Attorney in 1862, and served until 1866, when he resigned. He was again elected to the position in 1867, and re-elected in 1868 for six more years.
In 1870, he was an unsuccessful candidate for election to theForty-second Congress. He served in theKentucky State Senate in 1875 and 1876, when he resigned. He was appointed in 1876 by President Grant asUnited States Attorney for Kentucky, and served until 1877. He resumed the practice of law. He served as judge of the fifteenth judicial circuit from 1880 to 1886.
Finley was elected as aRepublican to theFiftieth andFifty-first Congresses (March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1890. He resumed the practice of law and also engaged in the coal mining business.
He died inWilliamsburg, Kentucky at the age of 73, and according to the United States Congress biography, he was interred in Woodlawn Cemetery, yet he was actually buried in Finley Cemetery in Williamsburg, Whitley County, Kentucky. His large upright grave marker lists his political accomplishments.
He married Jane Moss and the couple had two sons and three daughters.
This article incorporatespublic domain material fromBiographical Directory of the United States Congress.Federal government of the United States.
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