US Congressman. He served for three terms in the US House of Representatives from the newly created Indiana's 3rd congressional district, from 1823 until 1825 and as a member of the Jacksonian Democratic-Republican from March 1823 until March 1825, a member of the Adams Party from March 1825 until 1827, and as a member of the Anti-Jacksonian Party from March 1829 until March 1831. He grew up in Salem, New Jersey where as a young boy, he was indentured to Josiah Miller. In 1795 he ran away to Philadelphia. After his marriage to Lydia Dungan, he then relocated to Fayette County, Pennsylvania where he was the proprietor of the Fayette Chance Furnace before moving to Cincinnati, Ohio and finally to Brookville, Indiana where he operated a grist mill. After studying law, he was admitted to the bar and began practicing law and served as a judge of the 3rd district circuit court from 1816 until 1819. In 1822 he was elected to the US House of Representatives and reelected to a second term two years later. In 1826 he was defeated for a third consecutive term by the Democratic-Republican candidate Oliver H. Smith but in 1828 he defeated Smith and regained his seat. In 1830 he ran unsuccessfully for a fourth term and was defeated by the Anti-Jacksonian candidate Johnathan McCarthy. After completing this third term, he moved to Mobile, Alabama where he practiced law but later returned to Indiana. He died at the age of 68. He was the maternal grandfather of the noted author and Union Civil War General Lew Wallace.
US Congressman. He served for three terms in the US House of Representatives from the newly created Indiana's 3rd congressional district, from 1823 until 1825 and as a member of the Jacksonian Democratic-Republican from March 1823 until March 1825, a member of the Adams Party from March 1825 until 1827, and as a member of the Anti-Jacksonian Party from March 1829 until March 1831. He grew up in Salem, New Jersey where as a young boy, he was indentured to Josiah Miller. In 1795 he ran away to Philadelphia. After his marriage to Lydia Dungan, he then relocated to Fayette County, Pennsylvania where he was the proprietor of the Fayette Chance Furnace before moving to Cincinnati, Ohio and finally to Brookville, Indiana where he operated a grist mill. After studying law, he was admitted to the bar and began practicing law and served as a judge of the 3rd district circuit court from 1816 until 1819. In 1822 he was elected to the US House of Representatives and reelected to a second term two years later. In 1826 he was defeated for a third consecutive term by the Democratic-Republican candidate Oliver H. Smith but in 1828 he defeated Smith and regained his seat. In 1830 he ran unsuccessfully for a fourth term and was defeated by the Anti-Jacksonian candidate Johnathan McCarthy. After completing this third term, he moved to Mobile, Alabama where he practiced law but later returned to Indiana. He died at the age of 68. He was the maternal grandfather of the noted author and Union Civil War General Lew Wallace.
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