George A. Bicknell

George A. Bicknell

George Augustus Bicknell (born February 6, 1815 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , † April 11, 1891 in New Albany , Indiana ) was an American politician . Between 1877 and 1881 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

George Bicknell studied at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia until 1831 . After a subsequent law degree, some of which he completed at Yale University , and his admission to the bar in 1836, he began to work in this profession in New York City . In 1846 he moved to Lexington , Indiana. In 1848 he became a district attorney in Scott County there ; In 1850 he was a public prosecutor at the district court. From 1851 Bicknell was based in New Albany. From 1852 to 1876 he was a judge in the Indiana Second Judicial District. From 1861 to 1870 he also taught law at Indiana University .

Politically, Bicknell was a member of the Democratic Party . In the congressional elections of 1876 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of Indiana , where he succeeded Nathan T. Carr on March 4, 1877 . After being re-elected, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1881 . In 1880 he was no longer nominated for re-election by his party.

After retiring from the US House of Representatives, Bicknell worked between 1881 and 1885 as the Commissioner of Appeals for the Supreme Court of Indiana . He then practiced as a lawyer again until 1889. From 1889 until his death he served as a judge on the Circuit Court of Indiana . George Bicknell died on April 11, 1891 in New Albany, where he was also buried.

Web links

• George A. Bicknell in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• George A. Bicknell in the database of Find a Grave (English)