John G. Carlisle
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| 41st United States Secretary of the Treasury | |
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In office March 7, 1893 – March 5, 1897 |
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| President |
Grover Cleveland William McKinley |
| Preceded by | Charles W. Foster |
| Succeeded by | Lyman J. Gage |
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United States Senator from Kentucky |
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In office May 26, 1890 – February 4, 1893 |
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| Preceded by | James B. Beck |
| Succeeded by | William Lindsay |
| 31st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | |
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In office December 3, 1883 – March 4, 1889 |
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| President |
Chester A. Arthur Grover Cleveland |
| Preceded by | J. Warren Keifer |
| Succeeded by | Thomas B. Reed |
| Member of U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 6th district |
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In office March 4, 1877 – May 26, 1890 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas L. Jones |
| Succeeded by | William W. Dickerson |
| 20th Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky | |
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In office September 5, 1871 – August 31, 1875 |
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| Governor | Preston H. Leslie |
| Preceded by | Preston H. Leslie |
| Succeeded by | John C. Underwood |
| Member of the Kentucky Senate | |
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In office 1866–1871 |
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| Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives | |
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In office 1859–1861 |
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| Personal details | |
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John Griffin Carlisle September 5, 1834 Kenton County, Kentucky, United States |
| Died | July 31, 1910 (aged 75) New York City, New York, United States |
| Resting place | Linden Grove Cemetery in Covington, Kentucky, United States |
| Nationality | United States |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Jane Goodson Carlisle (1857–1905, her death) |
| Children | William Kinkead Carlisle Logan Griffin Carlisle |
| Profession | Law |
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John Griffin Carlisle (September 5, 1834 – July 31, 1910) was a prominent American politician in the Democratic Party during the last quarter of the 19th century. He served as the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, from 1883 to 1889 and afterward served as Secretary of the Treasury, from 1893 to 1897, during the Panic of 1893. As a Bourbon Democrat he was a leader of the conservative, pro-business wing of the party, along with President Grover Cleveland.
Carlisle was born in what is now Kenton County, Kentucky, and began his public life as a lawyer in Covington, Kentucky, under John W. Stevenson. Carlisle married Mary Jane Goodson on January 15, 1857, and they had two sons: William Kinkead Carlisle and Logan Griffin Carlisle
Despite the political difficulties that taking a neutral position during the American Civil War caused him, Carlisle spent most of the 1860s in the Kentucky General Assembly, serving in the Kentucky House of Representatives and two terms in the Kentucky State Senate, and was elected Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky in 1871, succeeding his former law mentor Stevenson.
After Carlisle's term as Lieutenant Governor ended in 1875, he ran for and won a seat in the United States House of Representatives for Kentucky's 6th district. On the main issues of the day, Carlisle was in favor of coining silver, but not for free coinage, and favored lower tariffs. He became a leader of the low-tariff wing of the Democratic Party, and was chosen by House Democrats to become Speaker in 1883 over Samuel J. Randall, a leader of the party's protectionist wing.
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