but after 1861, it was used primarily to benefit the Union. Despite pressure to relinquish control to the federal government, Guthrie remained president of the railroad, which became a frequent target for guerrilla attacks. Combining earnings from both passenger and military rates, Guthrie ensured that the line's infrastructure at the close of the war was superior to what it had been before the war started. Guthrie was a delegate to the 1864 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. He voted for the ticket of General George B. McClellan and former Kentucky governor Thomas Bramlette for president and vice-president, respectively. At the convention, he also opposed the Wade–Davis Bill. Later life The Kentucky Senate narrowly chose Guthrie over fellow Louisvillian and Union general Lovell H. Rousseau for a seat in the U.S. Senate in 1865. Senator Guthrie opposed the Republican Party's Reconstruction efforts. Guthrie supported President Andrew Johnson, opposed the Freedmen's Bureau and the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment. Death and legacy On February 7, 1868, Guthrie resigned his position due to ill health. He suffered a stroke on April 8, 1868, which left him paralyzed and bedridden for the rest of his life. On June 11, 1868, he resigned as president of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, recommending General William Tecumseh Sherman to be his successor. Guthrie died in Louisville on March 13, 1869, and was buried in Cave Hill Cemetery. The city of Guthrie, Kentucky, and Guthrie Street in Downtown Louisville are named in his honor. The United States Revenue Cutter Service, a branch of the Treasury, named small patrol vessels after Guthrie, in 1868, 1888 and 1895. See also Louisville in the American Civil War References Further reading External links 1792 births 1869 deaths 19th-century American politicians 19th-century American railroad executives People from Nelson County, Kentucky American people of Scotch-Irish descent United States Secretaries of the Treasury Pierce administration cabinet members Democratic Party United States senators from Kentucky Candidates in the 1860 United States presidential election Kentucky Commonwealth's Attorneys Democratic Party members of the Kentucky House of Representatives Democratic Party Kentucky state senators History of Louisville, Kentucky Louisville and Nashville Railroad people Louisville, Kentucky, in the American Civil War Politicians from Louisville, Kentucky Presidents of the University of Louisville People of Kentucky in the American Civil War Southern Unionists in the American Civil War Burials at Cave Hill Cemetery American planters