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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaJeptha Dudley NEW
(1830-1892)
NEW, Jeptha Dudley, a
Representative from Indiana; born in Vernon, Jennings County, Ind.,
November 28, 1830; was graduated from Vernon (Ind.) Academy and
Bethany (W.Va.) College; studied law; was admitted to the bar in
1851 and practiced in Vernon, Ind., until 1864; mayor of Vernon
1852-1854; prosecuting attorney of Jennings County, Ind.,
1860-1864; judge of the district court of common pleas 1864-1868;
resumed the practice of law in Vernon; elected as a Democrat to the
Forty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1877); declined to be
a candidate for reelection in 1876 to the Forty-fifth Congress;
elected to the Forty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1881);
was not a candidate for reelection in 1880; judge of the sixth
judicial circuit of Indiana 1882-1888; appellate judge in 1891; was
nominated by the Democratic Party as a candidate for judge of the
supreme court of Indiana in 1892, but died before the election in
Vernon, Ind., July 9, 1892; interment in Vernon Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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