US Con Law, John - U.S. Congressman, IN

John Law
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Born: October 28, 1796

Birthplace: New London, Connecticut

Father: US Congressman Lyman Law 1770 – 1842
(Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, New London, Connecticut)​

Mother: Elizabeth Learned 1774 – 1837
(Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, New London, Connecticut)​

Wife: Sarah Ewing 1804 – 1879
(Buried: Greenlawn Cemetery, Vincennes, Indiana)​

Children:

Anna E. Law Patterson 1827 – 1909​
(Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Indiana)​

Political Party: Democratic Party

Education:


1814: Graduated from Yale College​

Occupation before War:

1817 – 1818: Attorney in Vincennes, Indiana​
1818 – 1820: Vincennes, Indiana Prosecuting Attorney​
1820 – 1824: Attorney in Vincennes, Indiana​
1824 – 1825: Indiana State Representative​
1825 – 1828: Vincennes, Indiana Prosecuting Attorney​
1828 – 1830: Attorney in Vincennes, Indiana​
1830 – 1831: Judge of seventh judicial circuit court of Indiana​
1831 – 1838: Attorney in Vincennes, Indiana​
1838 – 1842: Receiver for land office in Vincennes, Indiana​
1842 – 1844: Attorney in Vincennes, Indiana​
1844 – 1850: Judge of seventh judicial circuit court of Indiana​
1851 – 1855: Investor of large tracts of land in Evansville, Indiana​
1855 – 1857: Judge of the Court of land Claims in Evansville, Indiana
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Civil War Career:

1861 – 1865: United States Congressman from Indiana​
1861 – 1863: Member of House Library Committee​
1861 – 1863: Member of House Revolutionary Pensions Committee​
1863 – 1865: Ranking Member of House Agriculture Committee​
1863 – 1865: Ranking Member House Revolutionary Pensions Committee​
1864: Choose not to be a candidate for renomination to U.S. Congress
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1865: Voted against the 13th​ amendment to U.S. Constitution​

Occupation after War:

1865 – 1873: Attorney in Evansville, Indiana​

Died:
October 7, 1873

Place of Death: Evansville, Indiana

Age at time of Death: 76 years old

Burial Place: Greenlawn Cemetery, Vincennes, Indiana
 
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