George Washington Triplett (February 18, 1809 – June 25, 1894) was a Confederate politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.

Biography

Triplett was born in Franklin County, Kentucky. He served in the state House of Representatives in 1840 and in the state Senate from 1848 to 1852.

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During the Civil War, he served as a major in the Confederate Army. He was elected and served as a representative from Kentucky to the Second Confederate Congress from 1864 to 1865. After the war he served as a state court judge. He was buried at Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery.

George Washington Triplett

External links

Politicalgraveyard.com

1809 births

1894 deaths

Confederate States Army officers

People from Franklin County, Kentucky

Members of the Kentucky House of Representatives

Kentucky state senators

Members of the Confederate House of Representatives from Kentucky

19th-century American politicians

Kentucky state court judges

19th-century American judges

George Washington Triplett