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Line 1: {{Short description\|American politician and diplomat (1784–1843)}} {{Use mdy dates\|date=December 2018}} {{Infobox officeholder Line 31 ⟶ 32: '''Joseph Eve''' (July 17, 1784 – June 16, 1843) was an American politician and diplomat. He was born in [[Culpeper County, Virginia]]. As a young man he moved to [[Knox County, Kentucky]]. He married Betsey Withers Ballinger in 1811; they had no children. He was a [[lawyer]] in Kentucky and was elected to the [[Kentucky House of Representatives]] three times. He was a [[colonel]] in the [[United States Army]] during the [[War of 1812]], and later served four years as a senator in the [[Kentucky Senate]]. He was a [[circuit court]] judge for a period of ten years. On April 15, 1841, Eve was appointed to post of [[Chargé d'affaires]] for the [[United States Ambassador to Texas\|United States mission to the Republic of Texas]]. He was a strong advocate of U.S. annexation of the then-independent Republic. During this time, conflict between Texas and [[Mexico]] grew, and the provisional Republic seat of government was relocated several times. Eve moved his legation to [[Galveston, Texas]], hoping to benefit from the climate, as his [[tuberculosis]] was getting worse. However, in early June 1843, he was released from his assignment, succeeded by [[William ~~Sumpter~~Sumter Murphy]], on ~~April~~June ~~3, 1843~~16. HeThe ~~died~~same aday, ~~few~~Eve ~~months later~~died of ~~that ailment, on June 16~~tuberculosis,<ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Nance \|first=Joseph Milton \|last2=Eve \|first2=Joseph \|date=1939 \|title=A Letter Book of Joseph Eve, United States Chargé d'Affaires to Texas ~~\|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/30235884~~ \|journal=The Southwestern Historical Quarterly \|volume=43 \|issue=2 \|pages=196–221 \|issn=0038-478X \|~~via~~jstor=~~JSTOR~~30235884 }}</ref> after which his widow relocated to their residence in Kentucky. ==References== Line 49 ⟶ 50: \|years=1841–1843}} {{s-end}} {{US Ambassadors to Texas}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Eve, Joseph}} Line 57 ⟶ 61: [[Category:Members of the Kentucky House of Representatives]] [[Category:Kentucky lawyers]] [[Category:United States Army ~~officers~~colonels]] [[Category:~~American~~United ~~military~~States Army personnel of the War of 1812]] [[Category:People from Culpeper County, Virginia]] [[Category:People from Knox County, Kentucky]] [[Category:19th-century American ~~politicians~~legislators]] [[Category:19th-century American lawyers]]