Charles Case (December 21, 1817 – June 30, 1883) was an American lawyer who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1857 to 1861.
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 10th district | |
In office December 7, 1857 – March 3, 1861 | |
Preceded by | Samuel Brenton |
Succeeded by | William Mitchell |
Personal details | |
Born | Austinburg, Ohio, U.S. | December 21, 1817
Died | June 30, 1883 Washington County, Iowa, U.S | (aged 65)
Political party | Republican |
Military service | |
Branch/service | Union Army |
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Biography
editCase was born in Austinburg, Ohio; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Congress
editHe was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Samuel Brenton; reelected to the Thirty-sixth United States Congress and served from December 7, 1857, to March 3, 1861; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1860 to the Thirty-seventh United States Congress.
Later career and death
editDuring the Civil War, he served as first lieutenant and adjutant of the Forty-fourth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry; subsequently became a major in the Third Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Cavalry, and served from November 26, 1861, - August 15, 1862.
He later resumed the practice of his profession in Washington, D.C.
He died in Brighton, Washington County, Iowa; interment in the Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.[1]
Footnotes
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- United States Congress. "Charles Case (id: C000219)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Further reading
edit- Peggy Seigel, "Charles Case: A Radical Republican in the Irrepressible Conflict," Indiana Magazine of History, vol. 107, no. 4 (Dec. 2011), pp. 327–360. In JSTOR