Frank Lane Wolford (September 2, 1817 – August 2, 1895) was a

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from

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. Wolford was born near Columbia, Kentucky. He attended the common schools, studied law and was

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and commenced practice in Liberty, Kentucky. He served as member of the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1847, 1848, 1865, and 1866. During the

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Wolford served in the

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as Colonel of the 1st Kentucky Cavalry Regiment which he organized in 1861. In 1864 he was dismissed, and for a time arrested. He served as

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of the Kentucky militia in 1867 and 1868. Wolford was elected as a

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to the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Fiftieth Congress in 1886. Then he continued the practice of law in Columbia, Kentucky, until his death there on August 2, 1895. He was interred in Columbia Cemetery.

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* https://kynghistory.ky.gov/Media/Publications/DMA/MilitaryHistoryKY1939AnlRpt.pdf * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wolford, Frank Lane 1817 births 1895 deaths People from Columbia, Kentucky Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky People from Liberty, Kentucky 19th-century American politicians Union Army colonels Kentucky militia

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