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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaWillis Arnold GORMAN
(1816-1876)
GORMAN, Willis Arnold, a
Representative from Indiana; born near Flemingsburg, Ky., January
12, 1816; pursued an academic course; moved to Bloomington, Ind.,
in 1835; was graduated from the law department of the Indiana
University at Bloomington in 1845; was admitted to the bar the same
year and commenced practice in Bloomington; clerk of the State
senate in 1837 and 1838; member of Indiana house of
representatives, 1841-1844; major and colonel of Indiana Volunteers
in the Mexican War; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-first and
Thirty-second Congresses (March 4, 1849-March 3, 1853); was not a
candidate for renomination in 1852; moved to Minnesota in 1853;
Territorial Governor of Minnesota 1853-1857; delegate to the
constitutional convention of Minnesota in 1857; practiced law in
St. Paul, Minn., 1857-1861; member of the State house of
representatives in 1858; entered the Union Army in 1861 and was
colonel of the First Regiment, Minnesota Volunteer Infantry; was
mustered out as brigadier general in 1864; resumed the practice of
law; prosecuting attorney of St. Paul 1869-1875; died in St. Paul,
Minn., May 20, 1876; interment in Oakland Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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