1796 to 1804 and the last elected to consecutive terms until 1999. A
Revolutionary War veteran, he held several local offices and
unsuccessfully tried to exclude slavery from Kentucky's first
constitution. His 1796 election as governor exposed ambiguity in the
state constitution, prompting another constitutional convention in 1799.
As governor, he opposed the Alien and Sedition Acts, favored passage of
the Kentucky Resolutions, and lobbied for public education, militia and
prison reforms, business subsidies, and legislation favorable to
debtors. He became the first resident of the state's first governor's
mansion when it was completed in 1798. A Democratic-Republican, he
applauded the Louisiana Purchase as a means of dealing with the closure
of the port at New Orleans to U.S. goods. Garrard, a Baptist minister,
was expelled from the church in 1802 when his Secretary of State, Harry
Toulmin, persuaded him to adopt some doctrines of Unitarianism. After
leaving office, he engaged in agricultural and commercial pursuits.
Garrard County, Kentucky, was named in his honor.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Garrard>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1099:
Members of the First Crusade reached Jerusalem and began a
five-week siege of the city against the Fatimids.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Jerusalem_(1099)>
1692:
A 7.5 Mw earthquake struck Port Royal, Jamaica, killing about
2,000 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1692_Jamaica_earthquake>
1899:
American Temperance crusader Carrie Nation entered a saloon in
Kiowa, Kansas, and proceeded to destroy all the alcoholic beverages with
rocks.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_Nation>
1981:
The Israeli Air Force attacked and disabled the Osirak nuclear
reactor, assuming it was producing plutonium to further an Iraqi nuclear
weapons program.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Opera>
1998:
Three white supremacists murdered African American James Byrd,
Jr., by chaining him behind a pick-up truck and dragging him along an
asphalt road in Jasper, Texas.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_James_Byrd,_Jr.>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
trendite:
(slang) A person given to following trends.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/trendite>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The world can only be redeemed through action — movement —
motion. Uncoerced, unbribed, and unbought, humanity will move toward the
light.
--Alice Moore Hubbard
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Alice_Moore_Hubbard>
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