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illegitimate child. It was also alleged that Sharp had claimed that the child was mulatto and said he had a certificate from Cooke's midwife to that effect; whether Sharp made this claim may never be known for certain. Despite the controversy, Sharp netted the most votes in the election, winning by 69 out of a total of 1600 votes cast in the county.
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struck them down as unconstitutional. Unable to muster the votes to remove the hostile justices on the Court of
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with Anna Cooke, a planter's daughter. Sharp denied the charge and the immediate political effects were minimal. When the charges were repeated during Sharp's 1825 General
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of his wife by fatally stabbing Sharp at his home early on the morning of November 7, 1825. Sharp's murder inspired fictional works, most notably
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The confession of Jereboam O. Beauchamp: who was hanged at Frankfort, Ky., on the 7th day of July, 1826, for the murder of Col. Solomon P. Sharp
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Famous Kentucky tragedies and trials; a collection of important and interesting tragedies and criminal trials which have taken place in Kentucky
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Bruce, Dickson D. (2003). "The Kentucky Tragedy and the Transformation of Politics in the Early American Republic".
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1658:Mathias, Frank F. (1992). Kleber, John E (ed.).
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1477:Cooke, Sharp, Part I
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320:and a member of the
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1790:Frankfort, Kentucky
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958:Frankfort, Kentucky
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573:U.S. Representative
487:Marriage and family
394:'s unfinished play
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16:American politician
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1066:Bruce, p. 9
890:Vindication
886:Vindication
536:War of 1812
509:U.S. Senate
477:speculation
458:Muddy River
349:War of 1812
302:War of 1812
230:Eliza Scott
132:Preceded by
77:Preceded by
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2000: (DR)
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1985:J. Bledsoe
1977: (DR)
1890:1821–1825
1879:Ben Hardin
1858:1813–1817
1807:2008-12-09
1763:2008-01-10
1736:2008-01-24
1650:2008-01-10
1613:2008-11-22
1591:2008-12-18
1579:Confession
1501:2008-11-10
1484:References
906:Greyslayer
871:Confession
722:Henry Clay
700:John Adair
651:Louisville
525:Ben Hardin
505:Henry Clay
365:John Adair
260:Allegiance
174:1787-08-22
82:Ben Hardin
66:John Adair
2289:A. McLean
2280:B. Hardin
2242:S. Ormsby
2191:M. Hardin
2180:I. Talbot
2081:S. Ormsby
2019:I. Talbot
1997:G. Walker
912:Beauchamp
647:Lexington
605:indemnity
601:deserters
591:President
587:War Hawks
493:Frankfort
444:, and to
404:'s novel
376:stillborn
243:Signature
122:In office
53:In office
2271:S. Sharp
2261:J. Clark
2233:S. McKee
2215:J. Desha
2170:W. Barry
2126:S. Sharp
2090:J. Clark
2061:S. McKee
2043:J. Desha
2008:W. Barry
1933:Kentucky
1754:(1826).
1494:Pursuits
1273:Bruce 10
1125:Bruce 11
965:See also
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829:partisan
426:Virginia
418:Abingdon
408:(1950).
397:Politian
353:Kentucky
324:and the
235:Children
115:district
107:Kentucky
62:Governor
2298:M. Taul
2251:H. Clay
2071:H. Clay
1974:G. Bibb
855:hanging
769:Senator
716:In the
598:British
567:colonel
563:Shawnee
556:general
544:militia
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529:dueling
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292:Colonel
2158:Senate
1962:Senate
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