Well Known Politician and Democratic State Senator.
Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky 1891 to 1895.
Graduated Kentucky University Law School in 1880.
Alford was elected to the Senate, representing the Lexington district. At the time of his election, he was the youngest member of the state senate.
At the 1891 Democratic nominating convention, Alford was nominated for the office of lieutenant governor without opposition. He was elected on a gubernatorial ticket with John Y. Brown.
Following the end of his term as lieutenant governor, He served several years as the chair of the state Democratic Central Committee.
Obituary in the Paducah News-Democrat, December 11th 1914:
EX-LIEUT. GOVERNOR M.C. ALFORD DIES
SUCCUMBS TO PNEUMONIA AFTER SHORT ILLNESS AT LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY
Lexington, Ky., Dec. 10 -
Mitchell Cary Alford who was formerly lieutenant governor of Kentucky and who for many years had been a prominent resident of Lexington, died last night at 7:50 o'clock at the Good Samaritan hospital after an illness of about ten days from pneumonia. While it was generally known that Mr. Alford was seriously ill it was not thought that he was in a critical condition.
Mr. Alford was 59 years old having been born July 10, 1855. In 1891 he was given the nomination of lieutenant governor without opposition and was elected on the ticket headed by John Young Brown for governor. he served out his term with distinction and and was a formidable candidate for the democratic nomination for governor in 1895, but was defeated by Gen. P. Wyatt Hardin.
For several years he was chairman of the Democratic state committee. Upon retiring from active politics in the late nineties he embarked energetically in business affairs and was one of the founders of Middlesboro and Pineville.
He finally returned to this city (Lexington) where he'd large commercial interests and was for many years president of the Phoenix Hotel Company. Ill health in recent years had induced him to retire from active business affairs, and as he had acquired a handsome fortune he lived quietly in the society of his sister and family, with whom he made his home and his large circle of friends extending throughout the state.
In his early manhood Mr. Alford had graduated from Kentucky University and practiced law in this city (Lexington) for twelve or fourteen years, when he was elected judge of the city court. He was later elected state senator from this city and at the end of his term was elected lieutenant governor. Mr Alford was never married. He is survived by his sister, Mrs. Alice McConathy.
Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky 1891 to 1895.
Graduated Kentucky University Law School in 1880.
Alford was elected to the Senate, representing the Lexington district. At the time of his election, he was the youngest member of the state senate.
At the 1891 Democratic nominating convention, Alford was nominated for the office of lieutenant governor without opposition. He was elected on a gubernatorial ticket with John Y. Brown.
Following the end of his term as lieutenant governor, He served several years as the chair of the state Democratic Central Committee.
Obituary in the Paducah News-Democrat, December 11th 1914:
EX-LIEUT. GOVERNOR M.C. ALFORD DIES
SUCCUMBS TO PNEUMONIA AFTER SHORT ILLNESS AT LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY
Lexington, Ky., Dec. 10 -
Mitchell Cary Alford who was formerly lieutenant governor of Kentucky and who for many years had been a prominent resident of Lexington, died last night at 7:50 o'clock at the Good Samaritan hospital after an illness of about ten days from pneumonia. While it was generally known that Mr. Alford was seriously ill it was not thought that he was in a critical condition.
Mr. Alford was 59 years old having been born July 10, 1855. In 1891 he was given the nomination of lieutenant governor without opposition and was elected on the ticket headed by John Young Brown for governor. he served out his term with distinction and and was a formidable candidate for the democratic nomination for governor in 1895, but was defeated by Gen. P. Wyatt Hardin.
For several years he was chairman of the Democratic state committee. Upon retiring from active politics in the late nineties he embarked energetically in business affairs and was one of the founders of Middlesboro and Pineville.
He finally returned to this city (Lexington) where he'd large commercial interests and was for many years president of the Phoenix Hotel Company. Ill health in recent years had induced him to retire from active business affairs, and as he had acquired a handsome fortune he lived quietly in the society of his sister and family, with whom he made his home and his large circle of friends extending throughout the state.
In his early manhood Mr. Alford had graduated from Kentucky University and practiced law in this city (Lexington) for twelve or fourteen years, when he was elected judge of the city court. He was later elected state senator from this city and at the end of his term was elected lieutenant governor. Mr Alford was never married. He is survived by his sister, Mrs. Alice McConathy.
Well Known Politician and Democratic State Senator.
Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky 1891 to 1895.
Graduated Kentucky University Law School in 1880.
Alford was elected to the Senate, representing the Lexington district. At the time of his election, he was the youngest member of the state senate.
At the 1891 Democratic nominating convention, Alford was nominated for the office of lieutenant governor without opposition. He was elected on a gubernatorial ticket with John Y. Brown.
Following the end of his term as lieutenant governor, He served several years as the chair of the state Democratic Central Committee.
Obituary in the Paducah News-Democrat, December 11th 1914:
EX-LIEUT. GOVERNOR M.C. ALFORD DIES
SUCCUMBS TO PNEUMONIA AFTER SHORT ILLNESS AT LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY
Lexington, Ky., Dec. 10 -
Mitchell Cary Alford who was formerly lieutenant governor of Kentucky and who for many years had been a prominent resident of Lexington, died last night at 7:50 o'clock at the Good Samaritan hospital after an illness of about ten days from pneumonia. While it was generally known that Mr. Alford was seriously ill it was not thought that he was in a critical condition.
Mr. Alford was 59 years old having been born July 10, 1855. In 1891 he was given the nomination of lieutenant governor without opposition and was elected on the ticket headed by John Young Brown for governor. he served out his term with distinction and and was a formidable candidate for the democratic nomination for governor in 1895, but was defeated by Gen. P. Wyatt Hardin.
For several years he was chairman of the Democratic state committee. Upon retiring from active politics in the late nineties he embarked energetically in business affairs and was one of the founders of Middlesboro and Pineville.
He finally returned to this city (Lexington) where he'd large commercial interests and was for many years president of the Phoenix Hotel Company. Ill health in recent years had induced him to retire from active business affairs, and as he had acquired a handsome fortune he lived quietly in the society of his sister and family, with whom he made his home and his large circle of friends extending throughout the state.
In his early manhood Mr. Alford had graduated from Kentucky University and practiced law in this city (Lexington) for twelve or fourteen years, when he was elected judge of the city court. He was later elected state senator from this city and at the end of his term was elected lieutenant governor. Mr Alford was never married. He is survived by his sister, Mrs. Alice McConathy.
Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky 1891 to 1895.
Graduated Kentucky University Law School in 1880.
Alford was elected to the Senate, representing the Lexington district. At the time of his election, he was the youngest member of the state senate.
At the 1891 Democratic nominating convention, Alford was nominated for the office of lieutenant governor without opposition. He was elected on a gubernatorial ticket with John Y. Brown.
Following the end of his term as lieutenant governor, He served several years as the chair of the state Democratic Central Committee.
Obituary in the Paducah News-Democrat, December 11th 1914:
EX-LIEUT. GOVERNOR M.C. ALFORD DIES
SUCCUMBS TO PNEUMONIA AFTER SHORT ILLNESS AT LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY
Lexington, Ky., Dec. 10 -
Mitchell Cary Alford who was formerly lieutenant governor of Kentucky and who for many years had been a prominent resident of Lexington, died last night at 7:50 o'clock at the Good Samaritan hospital after an illness of about ten days from pneumonia. While it was generally known that Mr. Alford was seriously ill it was not thought that he was in a critical condition.
Mr. Alford was 59 years old having been born July 10, 1855. In 1891 he was given the nomination of lieutenant governor without opposition and was elected on the ticket headed by John Young Brown for governor. he served out his term with distinction and and was a formidable candidate for the democratic nomination for governor in 1895, but was defeated by Gen. P. Wyatt Hardin.
For several years he was chairman of the Democratic state committee. Upon retiring from active politics in the late nineties he embarked energetically in business affairs and was one of the founders of Middlesboro and Pineville.
He finally returned to this city (Lexington) where he'd large commercial interests and was for many years president of the Phoenix Hotel Company. Ill health in recent years had induced him to retire from active business affairs, and as he had acquired a handsome fortune he lived quietly in the society of his sister and family, with whom he made his home and his large circle of friends extending throughout the state.
In his early manhood Mr. Alford had graduated from Kentucky University and practiced law in this city (Lexington) for twelve or fourteen years, when he was elected judge of the city court. He was later elected state senator from this city and at the end of his term was elected lieutenant governor. Mr Alford was never married. He is survived by his sister, Mrs. Alice McConathy.
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