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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaFrancis Blackburn POSEY
(1848-1915)
POSEY, Francis Blackburn,
a Representative from Indiana; born in Petersburg, Pike County,
Ind., April 28, 1848; attended the public schools, Blythewood
Academy, and Indiana Asbury (now De Pauw) University, Greencastle,
Ind.; was graduated from the law department of the Indiana
University at Bloomington in 1869; was admitted to the bar the same
year and commenced practice in Petersburg, Ind.; delegate to the
Republican National Convention in 1884; unsuccessful Republican
candidate for election in 1888 to the Fifty-first Congress; was
subsequently elected to the Fiftieth Congress to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Alvin P. Hovey and served from January
29, 1889, to March 3, 1889; resumed the practice of law in
Evansville, Ind.; surveyor of the port of Evansville 1903-1913;
died in Rockport, Spencer County, Ind., on October 31, 1915;
interment in Walnut Hills Cemetery, Petersburg, Ind.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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