David Meriwether (October 30, 1800 â€" April 4, 1893) was a United
States Senator from Kentucky and a Governor of the New Mexico
Territory.Born in Louisa County, Virginia, Meriwether moved with his
parents to Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1803. He attended the common
schools and engaged in fur trading in 1818 near what is now Council
Bluffs, Iowa. He later engaged in agricultural pursuits in Jefferson
County.Meriwether studied law, was admitted to the bar, and commenced
practice. He was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives
from 1832 to 1845. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in
1847 to the Thirtieth Congress. He was a delegate to the state
constitutional convention in 1849, and was Secretary of State of
Kentucky in 1851.Meriwether was appointed as a Democrat to the United
States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Henry Clay,
and served from July 6, 1852 to August 31, 1852, when Archibald Dixon
was elected his successor. He was not a candidate for renomination in
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