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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaCyrus Livingston DUNHAM
(1817-1877)
DUNHAM, Cyrus Livingston,
a Representative from Indiana; born in Dryden, Tompkins County,
N.Y., January 16, 1817; attended the common schools; taught school;
studied law and was admitted to the bar; moved to Salem, Washington
County, Ind., in 1841 and commenced practice; elected prosecuting
attorney of Washington County in 1845; member of the State house of
representatives in 1846 and 1847; elected as a Democrat to the
Thirty-first, Thirty-second, and Thirty-third Congresses (March 4,
1849-March 3, 1855); chairman, Committee on Roads and Canals
(Thirty-third Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in
1854 to the Thirty-fourth Congress; appointed by Governor Willard
secretary of state and served in 1859 and 1860; served in the Union
Army as colonel of the Fiftieth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer
Infantry, 1861-1863; resumed the practice of law in New Albany,
Floyd County, Ind.; elected a member of the State house of
representatives in 1864 and 1865; moved to Jeffersonville, Ind., in
1871; judge of Clark County Criminal Court 1871-1874; resumed the
practice of law; died in Jeffersonville, Clark County, Ind.,
November 21, 1877; interment in Walnut Ridge Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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