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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaJohn LAW
(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.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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