US Con COL BBG Shanks, John Peter Cleaver - U.S. Congressman, IN

John Peter Cleaver Shanks

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Born: June 17, 1826

Birthplace: Martinsburg, Virginia (West Virginia)

Father: Michael Shanks 1782 – 1867
(Buried: Green Park Cemetery, Portland, Indiana)​

Mother: Martha Beeson Cleaver 1800 – 1879

1st​ Wife: Deborah Wilson – 1852

2nd​ Wife: Hulda Hearn 1832 – 1885

3rd​ Wife:
Magdelena M. Oswalt 1851 – 1933
(Buried: Green Park Cemetery, Portland, Indiana)​

Children:

John C. M. Shanks 1857 – 1917​
Cassius Marcellus Clay Shanks 1860 – 1922​
Topin Shanks 1890 – 1919​
(Buried: Green Park Cemetery, Portland, Indiana)​

Political Party: Republican Party
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Occupation before War:

1849 – 1850: Attorney in Portland, Indiana​
1850 – 1851: Jay County, Indiana Prosecuting Attorney​
1851 – 1861: Attorney in Portland, Indiana​
1855: Indiana State Representative​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1863: United States Congressman from Indiana​
1861 – 1863: Member of House Agriculture Committee​
1861 – 1863: Member of House Private Land Claims Committee​
1861 – 1862: Colonel and Aide to Major General John C. Fremont​
1862 – 1863: Colonel and Aide in United States Army​
1862: Unsuccessful Candidate for reelection to U.S. Congress​
1863 – 1864: Colonel of 7th​ Indiana Cavalry Regiment​
1864: Appointed Brevet Brigadier General by President Lincoln​
1864 – 1865: Brigade Commander Department of Mississippi​
1865: United States Confirmed him Brevet Brigadier General​
1865: Mustered out of the Union Army on September 19th​

Occupation after War:

1865 – 1867: Attorney in Portland, Indiana​
1867 – 1875: United States Congressman from Indiana​
1867 – 1869: Member of House Indian Affairs Committee​
1867 – 1869: Member of House Militia Committee​
1868: Voted in support of Impeachment of Andrew Johnson​
1869 – 1871: Chairman of House Militia Committee​
1869 – 1871: Member of House Freedmen’s Bureau Committee​
1869 – 1871: Member of House Indian Affairs Committee​
1871 – 1875: Chairman of House Indian Affairs Committee​
1875 – 1901: Attorney in Portland, Indiana​
1879: Indiana State Representative​

Died: January 23, 1901

Place of Death: Portland, Indiana

Age at time of Death: 74 years old

Burial Place: Green Park Cemetery, Portland, Indiana
 
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