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[[Image:JohnCarlisle.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Photo of John Carlisle by Matthew Brady]]
'''John Griffin Carlisle''' (1834 - 1910) was a Representative and a Senator from [[Kentucky]]. He was born in Campbell (now Kenton) County, Kentucky, September 5, 1834 and died in New York City, July 31, 1910.  He was a [[Bourbon Democrat]]—that is, a conservative who supported [[Grover Cleveland]].

* Attended the common schools
* Taught school in Covington and elsewhere for five years
* Studied law
* Admitted to the bar in 1858 and commenced practice in Covington, Ky.
* Member, State house of representatives 1859-1861
* Member, State senate 1866-1871
* Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky 1871–1875; editor of the Louisville ''Daily Ledger'' in 1872
* Elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fifth and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1877, to May 26, 1890, when he resigned, having been elected [[Senator]]
* [[Speaker of the House of Representatives]] (Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth, and Fiftieth Congresses) 
* Chairman, [[Committee on Rules]] (Forty-eighth through Fiftieth Congresses); elected as a Democrat to the [[United States Senate]] to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James B. Beck, and served from May 26, 1890, until February 4, 1893, when he resigned to accept a Cabinet position 
* [[Secretary of the Treasury]] in the Cabinet of President [[Grover Cleveland]] 1893-1897
* Moved to [[New York City]] and resumed the practice of law
* Interment in Linden Grove Cemetery, Covington, Ky.

==References==
*http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000152

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[[Category:Former United States Representatives]]
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