Collection, 1800-1908 (bulk 1835-1864)

Smith, Caleb B. (Caleb Blood), 1808-1864

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Caleb Blood Smith, lawyer, congressman, and Secretary of the Interior. Smith was elected to the Indiana House of Representatives, and was reelected in 1834, 1835, and 1836. He represented Indiana in the Twenty-eighth, Twenty-ninth, and Thirtieth Congress serving on the Committee of Foreign Affairs, and chairing the Committee on Territories. Known for his staunch opposition to the Mexican War, he refused another nomination and left Congress in 1849. He practiced law in Cincinnati, Ohio, and was p...

Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885

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Schuyler Colfax Jr. (March 23, 1823 – January 13, 1885) was an American journalist, businessman, and politician who served as the 17th Vice President of the United States from 1869 to 1873, and prior to that as the 25th Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1863 to 1869. Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for Indiana's 9th congressional district as a member of the anti-slavery Indiana People's Party in 1854, Colfax joined the Republican Party during his first term. He served as ...

Morton, Oliver P. (Oliver Perry), 1823-1877

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Indiana lawyer, judge, and Republican politician. Morton served as the state's lieutenant governor in 1861, and as governor from 1861 to 1867. In 1867 he was elected to the U.S. Senate, and served there until his death. From the description of Oliver P. Morton papers, 1861-1876. (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 27970020 14th Governor of Indiana, 1861-1867; United States Senator from Indiana, 1867-1877. From the description of Autographs o...

Winters, John S.

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Cole, A. A. (Alphonso Albert), 1818-1862

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Cole was born near Oberlin, Ohio and moved to Peru, Ind. in 1834. He studied civil engineering and was Miami County surveyor 1840-1841. He then studied law and began practicing in 1843. Cole served two terms (1846, 1848) in the Indiana House of Representatives as a member of the Whig Party. He married in 1850 and fathered 3 children. Due to failing health, he retired in 1854 to his farm outside Peru, where he died. From the description of Papers, 1836-1862. (Indiana Historical Societ...

Ewing, George Washington, 1803-1866

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Businessman and land speculator. From the description of George Washington Ewing papers, 1829-1910. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 162502359 Merchant, Indian trader, real estate speculator, and government lobbyist. Born on the Raisin River near Detroit in 1803, George Washington Ewing was raised on the frontier in Piqua, Ohio, and Fort Wayne, Indiana, where his father established a large fur trading operation with the Shawnees. In 1827, Ewing and his...

Defrees, John D. (John Dougherty), 1810 or 1811-1882

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Godfroy, Francis, 1788-1840

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Republican Party (Ind.)

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Bearss, Daniel R., 1809-1884

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A native of New York, Bearss moved west with his family to Ohio and Michigan before coming to Indiana in 1828. Bearss worked in various mercantile businesses in northern Indiana before moving to Peru, Miami County, in 1834. He expanded his business to include real estate and railroad interests, and served in the Indiana House and Senate. From the description of Miami Indian claims, 1839-1854. (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 38172264 A native of Gene...

Whig Party (Ind.)

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Lafontaine, Francis, 1810-1847

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Sweetser, Madison, 1809-1875

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