Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 April 1897 — KENTUCKY’S NEW SENATOR. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

KENTUCKY’S NEW SENATOR.

Major Andrew T. Wood Recently Appointed by Gov. Bradley. Gov. Bradley of Kentucky has appointed Major Andrew T. Wood of Mount Sterling as Senator to fill the vacancy caused by the failure of the Legislature to elect a successor to Senator Blackburn, whose term has expired. Major Wood’s commission provides that he shall serve as Senator till the Legislature shall elect his successor. With the appointment was also given out the call for an extra session of tlie Legislature, the election of a Senator being among the objects named.

Major Andrew T. Wood was born in Fleming County in 1834, and is a selfmade man. He served during the entire war, holding the rank of major at the close. He studied law at Mount Sterling, and was admitted to the bar in 1873. He entered politics at once, and in 1882 was defeated for Congress on the Republican ticket. He was the nominee of his party for Attorney General in 1887, when Bradley headed the ticket as the nominee for Governor the first time. In 1891 he was the nominee for Governor, but was defeated by ex-Gov. John Y. Brown. Telegraphic Brevities. Herman Lehuer, a noted authority and writer on chess, died at Berlin, aged 54. Walter Scrymser, a wealthy retired broker of New York, died at Elizabeth, N. J.

MAJOR A. T. WOOD.