James R. Hindman

{{short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = James R. Hindman | honorific_suffix = | image = James-R.-Hindman.jpg | image_size = | alt = A man with dark hair and a dark mustache wearing a white shirt, black tie, and black jacket | caption = | order = | office = 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky | term_start = September 4, 1883 | term_end = August 30, 1887 | governor = J. Proctor Knott | predecessor = James E. Cantrill | successor = James William Bryan | office1 = Member of the<br>Kentucky House of Representatives<br>from Adair County | term_start1 = February 19, 1880 | term_end1 = August 1, 1881 | predecessor1 = John Tupman | successor1 = M. H. Rhorer | term_start2 = August 7, 1865 | term_end2 = August 7, 1871 | predecessor2 = James T. Bramlette | successor2 = James Garnett | birth_name = James Robert Hindman | birth_date = February 4, 1839 | birth_place = Adair County, Kentucky, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1912|10|12|1839|2|4}} | death_place = Columbia, Kentucky, U.S. | party = Democrat | other_party =  | spouse = | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | signature = | signature_alt = | footnotes = }}

'''James Robert Hindman''' (February 4, 1839 – October 12, 1912)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q-rqAAAAMAAJ&q=%22James+R+Hindman%22+AND+%221912%22|title = Methodist History of Adair County Kentucky: 1782-1969|last1 = Allison|first1 = Vista Royse|year = 1972}}</ref> was an American politician who served as the 23rd lieutenant governor of Kentucky under J. Proctor Knott from 1883 to 1887.

He was born in Adair County, Kentucky in 1839. In 1883, he ran for and was elected Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, serving a full four-year term under Governor J. Proctor Knott, a Democrat.

The city of Hindman in Knott County, Kentucky is named after him.

==Sources== *[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hillings-hinerman.html#880.82.12 James Robert Hindman entry] at The Political Graveyard

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