Portrait of Governor Simon Bolivar Buckner by Ferdinand Walker, 1914. Buckner (1823-1914), from Hart County, was an ex-Confederate general elected governor in 1887. KHS Collections.
On May 22, 1890, an act passed in March by the Kentucky General Assembly that reduced the rate of taxation became law over the veto of Governor Simon Bolivar Buckner. Later, when the Commonwealth was faced with an empty treasury, Governor Buckner personally lent the state enough money to keep it solvent until tax revenue came into the treasury.
Portrait of Governor Simon Bolivar Buckner by Ferdinand Walker, 1914. Buckner (1823-1914), from Hart County, was an ex-Confederate general elected governor in 1887. KHS Collections.
