Lazarus Whitehead Powell (October 6 1812 – July 3 1867) was the 19th Governor of Kentucky serving from 1851 to 1855. He was later elected to represent Kentucky in the U.S. Senate from 1859 to 1865.The reforms enacted during Powell’s term as governor gave Kentucky one of the top educational systems in the antebellum South. He also improved Kentucky’s transportation system and vetoed legislation that he felt would have created an overabundance of banks in the Commonwealth.
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