William E. Niblack

William E. Niblack

William Ellis Niblack (born May 19, 1822 in Dubois County , Indiana , †  May 7, 1893 in Indianapolis , Indiana) was an American politician . Between 1857 and 1861 and from 1865 to 1875 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Niblack was a cousin of Congressman Silas L. Niblack (1825-1883) from Florida . He attended public schools in his home country and then studied at Indiana University in Bloomington . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1843, he began to work in his new profession in Vincennes . 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 1849 and 1850 . He was then a member of the State Senate from 1850 to 1853 . Between 1854 and 1859, Niblack served as a judge in the third judicial district of his state.

After the death of MP James Lockhart , Niblack was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he took up his new mandate on December 7, 1857 when the by-election was due for the first Indiana seat . After being re-elected, he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1861 . This time was shaped by the events in the immediate run-up to the civil war . In 1860 he declined to run again.

Between 1862 and 1863 Niblack was again a member of the Indiana House of Representatives. In the years 1864, 1868 and 1876 he took part as a delegate to the respective Democratic National Conventions . In the elections of 1864 Niblack was re-elected to Congress in the first district of his state, where he succeeded John Law on March 4, 1865 . After four re-elections, he was able to spend five more legislative terms there until March 3, 1875. During this time the civil war ended. Thereafter, the work of Congress was determined by the dispute between the Republican Party and President Andrew Johnson .

In 1874, Niblack declined to run again. After leaving the US House of Representatives, he returned to practice as a lawyer. From 1877 to 1889 he was a judge on the Supreme Court of Indiana . He then retired, which he spent in Indianapolis. William Niblack died there on May 7, 1893.

Web links

• William E. Niblack in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William E. Niblack in the database of Find a Grave (English)