Godlove Stein Orth

Godlove Stein Orth

Godlove Stein Orth (born April 22, 1817 in Lebanon , Pennsylvania , †  December 16, 1882 in Lafayette , Indiana ) was an American diplomat and politician . Between 1863 and 1882 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives several times . From 1875 to 1876 he was the United States Ambassador to Austria-Hungary .

Career

Godlove Orth first attended Gettysburg College . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1839, he began to work in Lafayette in this profession. Politically, Orth joined the Whig Party at the time. He served in the Indiana Senate between 1843 and 1848 . In the meantime he was President of this Chamber for a year. In the presidential election of 1848 he was one of the electors for the successful Whig candidate Zachary Taylor . After his party was dissolved, Orth joined the American Party and then the Republicans, founded in 1854 . In the spring of 1861 he was a delegate to an unsuccessful conference in the federal capital, Washington , which tried to prevent the outbreak of civil war at the last minute. During the following war he was captain of a volunteer unit in the Union army .

In the congressional elections of 1862 , Orth was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the eighth constituency of Indiana, where he succeeded Albert Smith White on March 4, 1863 . After three re-elections, he was able to complete four legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1871 . Since 1869 he represented there as the successor to Henry Dana Washburn the seventh district of his state. Between 1863 and 1871 he saw the end of the Civil War and the dispute between his party and President Andrew Johnson as a congressman . The 13th , 14th and 15th amendments to the Constitution were also ratified during this period .

In 1870 Godlove Orth decided not to run for a new congress candidacy. In the elections of 1872 he ran successfully in the then newly created twelfth electoral district of his state. This allowed him to spend another legislative period in the US House of Representatives between March 4, 1873 and March 3, 1875. In 1874 he did not stand for re-election. Between March 9, 1875 and May 23, 1876 Orth represented the United States as ambassador to the Austro-Hungarian Empire; there he succeeded John Jay . In 1878 he was re-elected to Congress in the ninth district of his state, where he replaced Michael D. White on March 4, 1879 . After re-election in 1880, he was able to exercise this mandate until his death on December 16, 1882. In the elections shortly before his death he was not confirmed. Godlove Orth was married and had three children.

Web links

• Godlove Stein Orth in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Godlove stone Orth in the database of Find a Grave (English)