William Stanton Pilcher | |
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10th Mayor of Louisville, Kentucky | |
In office April 4, 1857 – May 13, 1858 | |
Preceded by | John Barbee |
Succeeded by | Thomas W. Riley |
Personal details | |
Born | Stafford County, Virginia, U.S. | January 5, 1803
Died | August 14, 1858 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. | (aged 55)
Political party | Know Nothing |
William Stanton Pilcher (January 5, 1803 – August 14, 1858) was the eleventh mayor of Louisville, Kentucky, serving from 1857 to 1858.
Pilcher was born in Stafford County, Virginia to a wealthy manufacturing family. He came to Louisville in 1833 to study law.
Pilcher unsuccessfully ran for lieutenant governor in 1844 as a Jacksonian Democrat, but was elected mayor of Louisville on the Know Nothing party on April 4, 1857, in a landslide.[citation needed] However, by May 13, 1858, he was too ill to continue his duties, and he died on August 14, 1858, becoming the first mayor of Louisville to die in office.[1][citation needed]