Afternoon, everyone.

I’ve been looking into my family tree at ancestry.com. Really easy to use site; you have access to research already done by other folks. You have to look at it to see how accurate and applicable it is to your own situation, but it’s been a fun couple of days.

Right now I’m looking for Ojoe. I found “James Clark” in my family tree (my 3rd great-grandfather on my Dad’s side of the family). He was either the 12th or 13th governor of Ky.

And lookie here:

In 1825, Clark was chosen to fill the congressional seat vacated by Henry Clay’s elevation to Secretary of State. He served until 1831, but did not stand for re-election that year. He became active in organizing the Whig Party in Kentucky, and was rewarded for his efforts by being chosen as the party’s nominee for governor in 1836. He won the election and laid out an ambitious platform to the legislature, which acted on only part of it. Clark’s most significant accomplishment as governor was securing the creation of a state board of education and the establishment of public schools in every county in the state. Clark died in office in 1839. His estate, Holly Rood, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

I’ve got a Whig in the family!