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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaCourtland Cushing MATSON
(1841-1915)
MATSON, Courtland Cushing,
a Representative from Indiana; born in Brookville, Franklin County,
Ind., April 25, 1841; was graduated from Indiana Asbury (later De
Pauw) University in 1862; during the Civil War enlisted as a
private in the Sixteenth Regiment, Indiana Volunteers; after one
year’s service entered the Sixth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer
Cavalry (Seventy-first Volunteers), and served until October 1865,
and was subsequently promoted to the rank of colonel; studied law;
was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Greencastle,
Putnam County, Ind.; was three times elected prosecuting attorney
of the county; chairman of the Democratic State central committee
in 1878; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-seventh and to the
three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1881-March 3, 1889);
chairman, Committee on Invalid Pensions (Forty-eighth through
Fiftieth Congresses); was not a candidate for renomination;
unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Governor of Indiana in 1888;
resumed the practice of law in Greencastle, Ind.; member of the
board of tax commissioners 1909-1913; died in Chicago, Ill.,
September 4, 1915; interment in Forest Hill Cemetery, Greencastle,
Ind.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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