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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaGilbert DE LA MATYR
(1825-1892)
DE LA MATYR, Gilbert, a
Representative from Indiana; born in Pharsalia, Chenango County,
N.Y., July 8, 1825; pursued an academic course; was a graduate of
the theological course of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1854;
itinerant elder in that church; member of the general conference in
1868, and for one term filled the office of presiding elder; during
the Civil War helped enlist the Eighth Regiment of New York Heavy
Artillery in 1862, and was its chaplain for three years; after
holding pastorates in several large cities he settled in
Indianapolis, Ind., and continued his ministerial duties; elected
as a National candidate to the Forty-sixth Congress (March 4,
1879-March 3, 1881); was not a candidate for renomination in 1880
to the Forty-seventh Congress; moved to Denver, Colo., in 1881 and
again engaged in preaching; pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal
Church of Akron, Ohio, from 1889 until his death in that city May
17, 1892; interment in Mount Albion Cemetery, Albion, N.Y.
Bibliography
Doolen, Richard M. “Pastor in Politics: The Congressional
Career of Reverend Gilbert De La Matyr.” Indiana Magazine
of History 68 (June 1972): 103-24.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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