Wingfield Bullock (1766October 13, 1821) was a
U.S. Representative
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from
Kentucky
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.
Born in 1766 in
Spotsylvania, Virginia,
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He moved to Kentucky.
He served as member of the Kentucky Senate
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from Shelby County from 1812 to 1814.
Bullock was elected as a Democratic-Republican
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to the Seventeenth Congress (March 4, 1821 – October 13, 1821).
He died on October 13, 1821, in Shelbyville, Kentucky
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History
Early history
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.
He was interred in an old burying ground near Shelbyville.
See also
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References
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1766 births
1821 deaths
Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky
Kentucky state senators
19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
19th-century members of the Kentucky General Assembly