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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaJames WHITCOMB
(1795-1852)
Senate Years of Service:
1849-1852Party: DemocratWHITCOMB, James, a Senator
from Indiana; born in Windsor County, Vt., December 1, 1795;
attended Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky.; studied law;
admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Bloomington, Ind., in
1824; prosecuting attorney for Monroe County 1826-1829; member,
State senate 1830-1831, 1832-1836; appointed by President Andrew
Jackson as Commissioner of the General Land Office 1836-1841;
resumed the practice of law in Terre Haute, Ind.; Governor of
Indiana 1843-1849; elected as a Democrat to the United States
Senate and served from March 4, 1849, until his death in New York
City, October 4, 1852; chairman, Committee on Claims (Thirty-first
and Thirty-second Congresses), Committee on Public Buildings
(Thirty-second Congress); interment in Crown Hill Cemetery,
Indianapolis, Ind.
Bibliography
American National Biography; Dictionary of American
Biography; Whitcomb, James. Facts for the People in Relation
to a Protective Tariff. Indianapolis: G.A. & J.P Chapman,
1843.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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