A. S. Bullitt was president of the convention which framed the consitution of Kentucky in 1799, and was the first lieutenant governor under that constitution. In 1785 he married the daughter of Col. William Christian, whose wife was a sister of Patrick Henry of Virginia.

Alexander Scott Bullitt was born in Prince William County, Virginia, in the year 1761. His father Cuthbert Bullitt, was a lawyer of some distinction and practiced his profession with success until he was appointed judge of the Supreme Court of Virginia, which office he held at the time of his death. In 1784 he emigrated to Kentucky, and settled in what is now Shelby County. Here he resided but a few months, being compelled by the annoyances to which he was subjected by the Indians to seek a less exposed situation. This he found in Jefferson County, in the neighborhood of Sturgus’ Station, where he entered and settled upon the tract of land on which he continued to reside until his death.

In the year 1792 Colonel Bullitt was elected by the people of Jefferson County a delegate to the convention which met in Danville, and framed the constitution of Kentucky. After the adoption of the constitution, he represented the county in the legislature, and was president of the senate until 1799, when he was again chosen a delegate to the convention to amend the constitution, which met in Frankfort. of this convention, he was chosen president. The year following this convention (1800) he was elected lieutenant governor of the state, in which capacity he served one term. After this, his county continued to send him to the legislature, of which body he served either as a representative or senator, until about 1808, when he retired from public life, and resided on his farm in Jefferson County until his death, which occurred on the 13th of April, 1816.