Marcus Claiborne Lisle (September 23, 1862 – July 7, 1894) was an American lawyer, judge and politician from Kentucky who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1893 until his death the following year.
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Early life and career
Born near Winchester, Kentucky
Winchester is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Clark County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 19,134 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metropolitan Statistical Area. Winchester is located r ...
, Lisle attended the common schools of his native county and the University of Kentucky at Lexington. He graduated from Columbia Law School
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, New York City, and was admitted to the bar
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and commenced legal practice in Winchester, Kentucky
Winchester is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Clark County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 19,134 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metropolitan Statistical Area. Winchester is located r ...
, in 1887. He later served as county judge of Clark County, Kentucky
Clark County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 36,972. Its county seat is Winchester. The county was created in 1792 from Bourbon and Fayette counties and is named for Revolutionary Wa ...
, in 1890.[
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Congress
Lisle was elected as a Democrat
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to the Fifty-third Congress and served from March 4, 1893, until his death in Winchester, Kentucky
Winchester is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Clark County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 19,134 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metropolitan Statistical Area. Winchester is located r ...
, July 7, 1894, of "complication of consumption
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and Bright's disease
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Personal life
Lisle married Elizabeth "Lizzie" Buckner Bean (1866–1893)[ at the Presbyterian Church, Winchester, Kentucky, on April 27, 1887.][ The first child born to this marriage was Ernest Claiborne Lisle (1888–1917).][ On March 17, 1893, the infant son of Judge Lisle died and was buried beside the body of his mother, who had died a few days earlier.][
Marcus Lisle was interred in Winchester Cemetery.][
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See also
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References
External links
Newspaper clippings: search Lisle, Marcus Claiborne
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1862 births
1894 deaths
Columbia Law School alumni
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky
19th-century deaths from tuberculosis
Tuberculosis deaths in Kentucky
Deaths from nephritis
19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives