David Turpie

David Turpie

David Battle Turpie (born July 8, 1828 in Hamilton County , Ohio , †  April 21, 1909 in Indianapolis , Indiana ) was an American politician ( Democratic Party ) who represented the state of Indiana in the US Senate .

David Turpie grew up in Ohio and graduated from Kenyon College in Gambier in 1848 . He then studied law and later moved to Logansport , Indiana, where he opened a law firm. There he became politically active as a member of the Democrats. In 1852, at the age of 24, he moved to the Indiana House of Representatives . After a legislative period, he concentrated again on his legal work; so in 1856 he became a judge at the state district court. In 1858 another term of office followed in his state's parliament.

In January 1863, Turpie was elected to the US Senate. He won the mandate of the out of the election at a congress excluded Jesse D. Bright , the disloyalty to the Union during the Civil War was accused. However, the term of office ended in March of the same year. David Turpie then initially returned to legal practice.

In 1872 he moved to Indianapolis. There he continued his political career as a member of the State House of Representatives; from 1874 to 1875 he was its speaker . Between 1886 and 1887, Turpie served as the Attorney General for the Indiana Judicial District. Finally, in 1887, he was elected to the Washington Senate for a second time . He prevailed against the future US President Benjamin Harrison and was a member of Congress after re-election until 1899, before he was defeated by Republican Albert J. Beveridge .

During his twelve years in the Senate, Turpie was, among other things, chairman of the census committee . From 1898 to 1899 he was chairman of the Democratic Senate faction . Politically, he campaigned, among other things, for a referendum on the admission of Hawaii to the United States.

Web links

• David Turpie in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• David Turpie in the database of Find a Grave (English)