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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaJohn Hanson FARQUHAR
(1818-1873)
FARQUHAR, John Hanson, a
Representative from Indiana; born in Union Bridge, Carroll County,
Md., December 20, 1818; attended the public schools; moved to
Indiana with his parents, who settled in Richmond in 1833; employed
as an assistant engineer on the White River Canal until 1840;
studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in
Brookville, Ind.; secretary of the State senate in 1842 and 1843;
chief clerk of the State house of representatives in 1844;
unsuccessful candidate for election in 1852 to the Thirty-third
Congress; served as captain in the Nineteenth Infantry of the
Regular Army in the Civil War; elected as a Republican to the
Thirty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1865-March 3, 1867); was not a
candidate for renomination in 1866; moved to Indianapolis in 1870
and engaged in banking; appointed secretary of state by Gov. Conrad
Baker; died in Indianapolis, Ind., October 1, 1873; interment in
Crown Hill Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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