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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaJoseph Bonaparte CHEADLE
(1842-1904)
CHEADLE, Joseph Bonaparte,
a Representative from Indiana; born in Perrysville, Vermillion
County, Ind., August 14, 1842; attended the common schools; entered
Asbury (now De Pauw) University, Greencastle, Ind., but upon the
organization of the Seventy-first Regiment, Indiana Volunteer
Infantry, enlisted as a private in Company K and served until the
close of the Civil War; returned home and entered upon the study of
law; was graduated from the Indianapolis Law College in 1867; was
admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Newport, Ind.;
continued in practice until 1873, when he entered upon newspaper
work; elected as a Republican to the Fiftieth and Fifty-first
Congresses (March 4, 1887-March 3, 1891); unsuccessful candidate
for renomination in 1890, and for nomination to the Fifty-third and
Fifty-fourth Congresses in 1892 and 1894; affiliated with the
Democratic Party in 1896; unsuccessful candidate for election in
1896 and 1898 on the Democratic and Populist tickets; editor of the
American Standard in 1896; died in Frankfort, Clinton County, Ind.,
May 28, 1904; interment in Greenlawn Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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