Notes for: William Ketchum WALL

He was the Commonwealth's attorney for the Judicial district for 25 years in Kentucky.

He was licensed to practice in 1809, and located at Cynthiana; was a private in Captain Johnson's company, in the war of 1812; served in the Lower House of the Kentucky Legislature, first, in 1814, and was subsequently re-elected; was State Senator from 1846 to 1850; was Commonwealth's Attorney from 1820 to 1843, under six Governors; resigned, and, in that year, was candidate for Congress, and was defeated by Colonel John W. Tibbitts, of Newport. He was a lawyer of great ability, a speaker of force, and a useful and honorable citizen.