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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaNorman EDDY
(1810-1872)
EDDY, Norman, a
Representative from Indiana; born in Scipio, N.Y., December 10,
1810; attended the common schools, and was graduated from the
medical department of the University of Pennsylvania at
Philadelphia in 1835; moved to Indiana, settled in Mishawaka, and
practiced medicine until 1847; studied law; was admitted to the bar
in 1847 and commenced practice in South Bend, Ind.; member of the
State senate in 1850; held several local offices; elected as a
Democrat to the Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853-March 3,
1855); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1854 to the
Thirty-fourth Congress; appointed by President Pierce attorney
general of the Territory of Minnesota in 1855; colonel of the
Forty-eighth Indiana Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War;
collector of internal revenue 1865-1870; secretary of state of
Indiana 1870-1872; died in Indianapolis, Ind., January 28, 1872;
interment in the City Cemetery, South Bend, Ind.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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