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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaGeorge Augustus BICKNELL
(1815-1891)
BICKNELL, George Augustus,
a Representative from Indiana; born in Philadelphia, Pa., February
6, 1815; was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania at
Philadelphia in 1831; attended Yale Law School one year; completed
the study of law; was admitted to the bar in 1836 and commenced
practice in New York City; moved to Lexington, Scott County, Ind.,
in 1846; elected prosecuting attorney of Scott County in 1848;
circuit prosecutor in 1850; moved to New Albany in 1851; judge of
the second judicial circuit of Indiana 1852-1876; professor of law
at the University of Indiana 1861-1870; elected as a Democrat to
the Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1877-March 3,
1881); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1880; appointed
commissioner of appeals in the supreme court of Indiana in 1881,
which office he held until the completion of its work in 1885;
resumed the practice of law; elected judge of the circuit court of
Indiana in 1889 and held that office until his death, April 11,
1891, in New Albany, Floyd County, Ind.; interment in Fairview
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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