Letcher, John
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...1813 84, American politician, b. Lexington, Va. He studied law and practiced at Lexington, where he also edited the Jacksonian Democrat Valley Star. In Congress (1851 59), he was known as "Honest John" because of his opposition to government extravagance...