George Washington Triplett
George Washington Triplett (February 18, 1809 – June 25, 1894) was a Confederate politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.
Biography
Triplett was born in Franklin County, Kentucky. He served in the state House of Representatives in 1840 and in the state Senate from 1848 to 1852.
During the Civil War, he served as a major in the Confederate Army. He was elected and served as a representative from Kentucky to the Second Confederate Congress from 1864 to 1865. After the war he served as a state court judge. He was buried at Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery.
gollark: I mean, I think people can get used to a lot of things with sufficient time.
gollark: The amount of often-conflicting ones is not really a point in their favour.
gollark: Again, popular ≠ good.
gollark: > That's like saying: Rules are bad and should be disregarded. Ethics are an important thing.You have not actually justified this, so it's basically circular.> We use ethics the entire time, disregarding ethics would mean disregarding schools of thoughtPopular/widely used things are not necessarily good.
gollark: I mean, I agree with the sentiment, but your reasoning is terrible.
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