Norman Eddy

Norman Eddy

Norman Eddy (born December 10, 1810 in Scipio , Cayuga County , New York , †  January 28, 1872 in Indianapolis , Indiana ) was an American politician . Between 1853 and 1855 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Norman Eddy attended the public schools of his home country and then studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia until 1835 . He then moved to Mishawaka , Indiana, where he practiced as a doctor until 1847. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1847, he began working in his new profession in South Bend .

Politically, Eddy was a member of the Democratic Party . In 1850 he was elected to the Indiana Senate. He also held a number of local offices. In the congressional election of 1852 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the ninth constituency of Indiana , where he succeeded Graham N. Fitch on March 4, 1853 . Since he was not confirmed in 1854, he could only serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1851 . This was shaped by the discussions and events leading up to the civil war . At the time, the focus was on the question of slavery .

In 1855, Norman Eddy was named Attorney General in the Minnesota Territory by President Franklin Pierce . During the Civil War he was a colonel in an Indiana infantry unit that was part of the Union Army . Between 1865 and 1870 Eddy worked for the tax office. From 1870 until his death on January 28, 1872, he served as Secretary of State, the executive officer of the Indiana state government.

Web links

• Norman Eddy in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Norman Eddy in the database of Find a Grave (English)