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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaCharles William CATHCART
(1809-1888)
Senate Years of Service:
1852-1853Party: DemocratCATHCART, Charles William,
a Representative and a Senator from Indiana; born July 24, 1809, in
Funchal, Island of Madeira, where his father was the United States
consul; travelled to Spain with his parents; attended private
schools; returned to the United States in 1819 and went to sea;
moved to Washington, D.C., in 1830, and was a clerk in the General
Land Office; moved to Indiana; justice of the peace at New Durham
Township, Ind., in 1833; engaged in agricultural pursuits near La
Porte, Ind., in 1837; United States land surveyor; member, State
senate 1837-1840; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth and
Thirtieth Congresses (March 4, 1845-March 3, 1849); appointed as a
Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of James Whitcomb and served from December 6, 1852, to
January 18, 1853; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1860 to
the Thirty-seventh Congress; engaged in agricultural pursuits; died
on his farm near La Porte, La Porte County, Ind., August 22, 1888;
interment in Pine Lake Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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