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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaThomas Neel STILWELL
(1830-1874)
STILWELL, Thomas Neel, a
Representative from Indiana; born in Stilwell, Ohio, August 29,
1830; received a thorough English education; attended Oxford and
College Hill Colleges; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1852
and began practice in Anderson, Ind.; member of the State house of
representatives in 1856; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth Congress (March 4,
1865-March 3, 1867); was not a candidate for renomination in 1866;
Minister Resident to Venezuela in 1867 and 1868; served as
president of the First National Bank of Anderson, Ind., until his
death; died in Anderson as the result of a gunshot wound January
14, 1874; interment in Maplewood Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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