Jacob T. Wood | University of Kentucky College of Arts & Sciences

Jacob T. Wood

Contact Information

jacob.wood@uky.edu

Research Interests

19th Century U.S.
19th Century U.S. South
Jacksonian America
19th century US history; political history; political cartoons

Affiliations

History

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Education:

Ph.D, University of Kentucky, 2023
M.A., University of South Florida, 2016
B.A., University of South Florida, 2014

Current Projects:

After having passed my Qualifying Exam in September, 2020, I have begun researching the role that political party shifting and party defection played in the creation of nineteenth century political systems. I am currently engaging with contemporary newspapers from the 1840s to place these party defections in the context of the partisan press.

Selected Publications

Selected Publications:

Contributions

Provided historical research and context for the “1864 Presidential Election: A Hands on Experience in Civic Engagement,” June 2019, Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition: Kentucky Historical Society.

Book Reviews

Benjamin T. Arrington. The Last Lincoln Republican: The Presidential Election of

1880, in Register of the Kentucky Historical Society.

Mark Cheathem, Coming of Democracy: Presidential Campaigning in the Age of Jackson, in

Register of the Kentucky Historical Society Vol 118, No. 1 (Winter 2020).