Courtland C. Matson

Courtland Cushing Matson (born April 25, 1841 in Brookville , Franklin County , Indiana , †  September 4, 1915 in Chicago , Illinois ) was an American politician . Between 1881 and 1889 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Courtland Matson attended Indiana Asbury University until 1862 , which later became DePauw University . During the civil war he rose in the army of the Union from simple soldier to colonel. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer, he began to work in Greencastle in this profession. In the following years he was elected district attorney in local Putnam County three times .

Politically, Matson was a member of the Democratic Party . In 1878 he served as their regional party chairman for Indiana. In the congressional elections of 1880 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fifth constituency of Indiana , where he succeeded Republican Thomas M. Browne on March 4, 1881 . After three re-elections, he was able to complete four legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1889 . From 1883 to 1889 he was chairman of the committee that dealt with invalidity pensions.

In 1888 Matson renounced another congressional candidacy. Instead, he ran for governor of Indiana, but was defeated by Republican Alvin Peterson Hovey , just over 2,000 votes behind. In the following years he practiced again as a lawyer in Greencastle. Between 1909 and 1913 he was a member of the state tax commission. Courtland Matson died in Chicago on September 4, 1915 and was buried in Greencastle.

Web links

• Courtland C. Matson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Courtland C. Matson in the database of Find a Grave (English)