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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaWilliam MITCHELL
(1807-1865)
MITCHELL, William, a
Representative from Indiana; born in Root, Montgomery County, N.Y.,
January 19, 1807; attended the public schools; studied law; was
admitted to the bar in 1836; moved to Kendallville, Noble County,
Ind., and commenced the practice of law; appointed first postmaster
of Kendallville December 7, 1836, and served until a successor was
appointed March 7, 1846; member of the State house of
representatives in 1841; justice of the peace; elected as a
Republican to the Thirty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1861-March 3,
1863); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1862 to the
Thirty-eighth Congress; engaged in the cotton business; died in
Macon, Ga., September 11, 1865; interment in Lake View Cemetery,
Kendallville, Ind.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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