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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaJames LOCKHART
(1806-1857)
LOCKHART, James, a
Representative from Indiana; born in Auburn, Cayuga County, N.Y.,
February 13, 1806; attended the public schools; moved to Ithaca,
N.Y., about 1826 and operated a woolen mill; moved to Indiana in
1832; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1832 and commenced
practice in Evansville, Ind., in 1834; city clerk in 1836 and 1837;
prosecuting attorney of Vanderburg County 1841-1845; judge of the
fourth judicial district from 1846 until 1851, when he resigned;
delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1850; elected as
a Democrat to the Thirty-second Congress (March 4, 1851-March 3,
1853); was not a candidate for reelection in 1852 to the
Thirty-third Congress; resumed the practice of his profession in
Evansville; appointed by President Pierce superintendent of
construction of the marine hospital at Evansville in 1853; elected
to the Thirty-fifth Congress and served from March 4, 1857, until
his death in Evansville, Ind., on September 7, 1857; interment in
Oak Hill Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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