{"id":4079,"date":"2025-10-18T15:15:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T15:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/?p=4079"},"modified":"2025-10-19T11:50:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T15:50:11","slug":"ralph-waldo-emerson-gilbert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/2025\/10\/18\/ralph-waldo-emerson-gilbert\/","title":{"rendered":"Ralph Waldo Emerson Gilbert"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group gallery-photo lightbox\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0053C.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-I1UxvTez\" data-magnific_type=\"image\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"654\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0053C-654x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0053C-654x1024.jpg 654w, https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0053C-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0053C-300x470.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0053C-600x940.jpg 600w, https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0053C.jpg 1003w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 654px) 100vw, 654px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ralph Waldo Emerson Gilbert<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Attorney and politician, Ralph Waldo Emerson Gilbert was born in Spencer County in 1882. He found fame as a Shelby County judge, five-term U. S. congressman, and Kentucky State legislator. He died in 1939 in the midst of campaigning for the office of Lieutenant-governor.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Date<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>N\/A<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tags<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-post_tag wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/tag\/government\/\" rel=\"tag\">Government<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/tag\/people\/\" rel=\"tag\">People<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Source<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Portrait of the Past<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jim Cleveland Photo Collection ID 0053C<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This file may be downloaded for personal, research, or classroom use, free of charge.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Portrait of Ralph Waldo Emerson Gilbert<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":3436,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[92,93],"post_folder":[77],"class_list":["post-4079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photo","tag-government","tag-people"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4079"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4079\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4080,"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4079\/revisions\/4080"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4079"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=4079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}