Albert Gallatin Talbott (April 4, 1808 – September 9, 1887) was a

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from

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and a slaveholder. He was the uncle of

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and

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. He was born near

Paris, Kentucky Paris is a home rule-class city in Bourbon County, Kentucky. It lies northeast of Lexington on the Stoner Fork of the Licking River. Paris is the seat of its county and forms part of the Lexington–Fayette Metropolitan Statistical Area. As ...

and he moved with his parents to

Clark County, Kentucky Clark County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 36,972. Its county seat is Winchester. The county was created in 1792 from Bourbon and Fayette counties and is named for Revolutionary War ...

in 1813 and to

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in 1818. For education, he attended Forrest Hill Academy, Jessamine County, Kentucky and also studied law, but did not practice. He engaged in agricultural pursuits and general trading in 1831 before he moved to

Mercer County, Kentucky Mercer County is a county located in the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,772. Its county seat is Harrodsburg. The county was formed from Lincoln County, Virginia in 1785 and is named for Revolutionar ...

in 1838 and engaged in the real estate business. He moved to

Danville, Kentucky Danville is a home rule-class city in Boyle County, Kentucky, United States. It is the seat of its county. The population was 17,236 at the 2020 Census. Danville is the principal city of the Danville Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes ...

in 1846. Talbott was a delegate to the Kentucky constitutional convention in 1849 and a member of the

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in 1850. He was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fourth and Thirty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859) and served as chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department (

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). After leaving Congress, he resumed real estate pursuits. He served in the

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1869–1873 and again a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1883. Later, he moved to

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and settled near

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and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He died in

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in 1887 and was buried in

Bellevue Cemetery Bellevue Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Lawrence and Methuen, Massachusetts. Established in 1847 and owned by the city of Lawrence, it is the first and principal cemetery of the city and a notable example of a rural cemetery. In conjunctio ...

in Danville, Kentucky.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Talbott, Albert G. 1808 births 1887 deaths Burials in Bellevue Cemetery (Danville, Kentucky) Democratic Party members of the Kentucky House of Representatives Democratic Party Kentucky state senators People from Paris, Kentucky Politicians from Danville, Kentucky Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky 19th-century American politicians