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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaHenry Dana WASHBURN
(1832-1871)
WASHBURN, Henry Dana, a
Representative from Indiana; born in Windsor, Vt., March 28, 1832;
attended the common schools; became a tanner and a currier; taught
school for several years; moved to Vermillion County, Ind., in
1850; was graduated from the New York State and National Law
Schools; was admitted to the bar in 1853 and commenced the practice
of law in Newport, Vermillion County, Ind.; county auditor
1854-1861; enlisted on August 16, 1861, and served in the Union
Army as lieutenant colonel of the Eighteenth Regiment, Indiana
Volunteer Infantry; promoted to colonel July 15, 1862; brevetted
brigadier general of Volunteers December 15, 1864, and major
general July 26, 1865; mustered out August 26, 1865; successfully
contested as a Republican the election of Daniel W. Voorhees to the
Thirty-ninth Congress; reelected to the Fortieth Congress and
served from February 23, 1866, to March 3, 1869; was not a
candidate for renomination in 1868 to the Forty-first Congress;
appointed surveyor general of Montana in 1869 and served until his
death; in 1870 headed an expedition to find the headwaters of the
Yellowstone River and discovered what is now known as Yellowstone
Park; Mount Washburn, Mont., is named for him; returned to Clinton,
Vermillion County, Ind., where he died on January 26, 1871;
interment in Riverside Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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