Cyrus L. Dunham

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Cyrus L. Dunham

Cyrus Livingston Dunham (born January 16, 1817 in Dryden , Tompkins County , New York , †  November 21, 1877 in Jeffersonville , Indiana ) was an American politician . Between 1849 and 1855 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Cyrus Dunham attended public schools in his home country. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer, he began to work in this profession from 1841 in Salem (Indiana), where he had since moved. In 1845 he became a prosecutor in Washington County there . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . He was a member of the Indiana House of Representatives in 1846 and 1847 .

In the congressional elections of 1848 Dunham was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the second constituency of Indiana , where he succeeded Thomas J. Henley on March 4, 1849 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1855 . Since 1853 he represented there as the successor of John L. Robinson the third district of his state. From 1853 to 1855 Dunham was chairman of the committee that dealt with the canal and road construction. His time as a congressman was shaped by the events and discussions leading up to the civil war . In 1854 he was not re-elected.

From 1859 to 1860, Dunham was Secretary of State, the executive officer of the Indiana state government. Between 1861 and 1863 he was a colonel in the Union army during the civil war . He then practiced as a lawyer in New Albany again. In the years 1864 and 1865 he was again a member of the state parliament. In 1871 he moved to Jeffersonville. In the local Clark County he served as a criminal judge between 1871 and 1874; thereafter he continued his legal practice. Cyrus Dunham died on November 21, 1877 in Jeffersonville, where he was also buried.

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SURNAME Dunham, Cyrus L.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dunham, Cyrus Livingston (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 16, 1817
PLACE OF BIRTH Dryden , New York
DATE OF DEATH November 21, 1877
Place of death Jeffersonville , Indiana