Contemporary biographers opined that Pettit had probably attended more Democratic state conventions than anyone else in Kentucky . At each convention he attended , he was elected secretary . He served as one of the secretaries at the 1884 Democratic National Convention ; four years later , he was again chosen as a convention secretary and a member of the committee to officially notify Grover Cleveland and Allen G. Thurman of their nominations for president and vice-president , respectively . In 1890 , he was chosen as a delegate to the Kentucky constitutional convention . He successfully advocated for many changes to the Kentucky Constitution including the use of secret ballot voting in state elections and the requirement of a two-thirds majority for conviction in civil court cases
1884 Democratic National Convention
1884 Democratic National Convention
Thomas S. Pettit