{"id":2936,"date":"2024-01-31T10:12:13","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T14:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=2936"},"modified":"2024-01-31T10:12:13","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T14:12:13","slug":"january-31-1900-the-assassination-of-kentucky-governor-william-goebel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=2936","title":{"rendered":"January 31, 1900 &#8211; The Assassination of Kentucky Governor William Goebel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On this day in 1900, William Justus Goebel was sworn in as Kentucky\u2019s 34th governor.<\/p>\n<p>While lying in a hospital bed after having been shot in the chest by an unknown assailant the previous day.<\/p>\n<p>Goebel died on February 3, 1900, from the gunshot wound, making him the only state governor ever to be assassinated. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/William_Goebel_circa_1889-249x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"249\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2937\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/William_Goebel_circa_1889-249x300.jpg 249w, https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/William_Goebel_circa_1889.jpg 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 249px) 100vw, 249px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The incident was the culmination of a near civil war between Democrats and Republicans in the state.  Goebel, a Democrat, had been declared the winner of a very close election and many speculated that the outgoing Republican governor, William S. Taylor, who lost by about 2,000 votes, might have been responsible for the attack on Goebel in Frankfort.  <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/HW_Goebel_Assassination-300x194.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2938\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/HW_Goebel_Assassination-300x194.png 300w, https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/HW_Goebel_Assassination-768x496.png 768w, https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/HW_Goebel_Assassination.png 821w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Taylor fled to Indiana to escape indictment, with the governor of that state refusing to extradite him back to Kentucky to face trial with several other co-defendants in Goebel\u2019s assassination.  He was pardoned in 1909 by Republican governor Augustus E. Wilson, who won election after the end of Goebel\u2019s term, which was served by his lieutenant governor, J. C. W. Beckham.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this day in 1900, William Justus Goebel was sworn in as Kentucky\u2019s 34th governor. While lying in a hospital bed after having been shot in the chest by an unknown assailant the previous day. Goebel died on February 3, 1900, from the gunshot wound, making him the only state governor ever to be assassinated. 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