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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaMark Lindsey DE MOTTE
(1832-1908)
DE MOTTE, Mark Lindsey, a
Representative from Indiana; born in Rockville, Parke County, Ind.,
December 28, 1832; pursued preparatory studies; was graduated from
the literary department of Indiana Asbury (now De Pauw) University,
Greencastle, Ind., in 1853 and from the law department of the same
university in 1855; was admitted to the bar and began practice in
Valparaiso in 1855; elected prosecuting attorney of the
sixty-seventh judicial district in 1856; served in the Union Army
with the rank of first lieutenant in 1861; promoted to captain in
1862; at the close of the war moved to Lexington, Mo., and resumed
the practice of law; editor and proprietor of the Lexington
Register; unsuccessful Republican candidate for election to
Congress in 1872 and 1876; delegate to the Republican National
Convention in 1876; returned to Valparaiso, Ind., in 1877 and
resumed the practice of law; organized the Northern Indiana Law
School in 1879; elected as a Republican to the Forty-seventh
Congress (March 4, 1881-March 3, 1883); unsuccessful candidate for
reelection in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress; member of the
State senate 1886-1890; appointed postmaster of Valparaiso March
24, 1890, and served until March 20, 1894; dean of the Northern
Indiana Law School 1890-1908; died in Valparaiso, Porter County,
Ind., September 23, 1908; interment in Maplewood Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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