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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaJohn CARR
(1793-1845)
CARR, John, a
Representative from Indiana; born in Uniontown, Perry County, Ind.,
April 9, 1793; moved with his parents to Clark County, Ind., in
1806; attended the public schools; fought in the Battle of
Tippecanoe; appointed lieutenant in a company of United States
Rangers, authorized by an act of Congress for defense of western
frontiers, in 1812; brigadier general and major general of the
Indiana Militia until his death; county clerk 1824-1830;
presidential elector for Jackson and Calhoun in 1824; elected as a
Jacksonian to the Twenty-second, Twenty-third, and Twenty-fourth
Congresses (March 4, 1831-March 3, 1837); chairman, Committee on
Private Land Claims (Twenty-fourth Congress); unsuccessful
candidate in 1836 for reelection to the Twenty-fifth Congress;
elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth Congress (March 4,
1839-March 3, 1841); died in Charlestown, Clark County, Ind.,
January 20, 1845; interment in the Old Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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