 Meanwhile , Rowan , who espoused the Relief position , was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1822 representing Jefferson and Oldham counties . He immediately became the leader of the Relief faction in the House . When Relief partisans decided to appeal Williams and Lapsley to the Kentucky Court of Appeals , which was at the time the court of last resort in the state , Rowan was chosen to argue the appeal before the court alongside George M. Bibb and Lieutenant Governor William T. Barry . Their efforts failed , however , as the Court found the measure unconstitutional , upholding the decisions of the lower courts . 
