Robert P. Letcher

Robert Perkins Letcher was an American politician and lawyer who was the 15th governor of Kentucky from 1840 to 1844. He served as a U.S. Representative from Kentucky from 1823 to 1833 and from 1834 to 1835. He also served as Minister to Mexico and in the Kentucky General Assembly where he was Speaker of the House in 1837 and 1838. A strong supporter of the Whig Party, he was a friend of Henry Clay and John J. Crittenden.