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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaLAW, John
(1796—1873)
LAW, John, (son of Lyman Law and grandson of Richard Law and Amasa Learned), a Representative from Indiana; born in New London, Conn., October 28, 1796; pursued classical studies and was graduated from Yale College in 1814; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1817 and commenced practice in Vincennes, Ind.; prosecuting attorney 1818-1820; member of the State house of representatives in 1824 and 1825; again prosecuting attorney 1825-1828; judge of the seventh judicial circuit 1830 and 1831; receiver of the land office at Vincennes 1838-1842; again served as judge from 1844 to 1850, when he resigned; moved to Evansville, Ind., in 1851; invested in large tracts of land; was an author; appointed by President Pierce judge of the court of land claims and served from 1855 to 1857; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1861-March 3, 1865); was not a candidate for renomination in 1864; resumed the practice of law; died in Evansville, Ind., on October 7, 1873; interment in Greenlawn Cemetery, Vincennes, Ind.
Denby, Charles. Judge John Law
. Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Company, 1897.
Law, John. Address delivered before the Vincennes Historical and Antiquarian Society, February 22, 1839
. Louisville: Prentice and Weissinger, 1839.
———. The colonial history of Vincennes, under the French, British, and American governments: From its first settlement down to the territorial administration of General William Henry Harrison. Being an address delivered by Judge Law, before the Vincennes Historical and Antiquarian Society, February 22d, 1839, with additional notes and illustrations
. Vincennes, [Ind.]: Harvey, Mason & Co., 1858.
———. Jesuit Missionaries in the Nort-west
. Madison: N.p., 1857.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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