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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaSimeon Kalfius WOLFE
(1824-1888)
WOLFE, Simeon Kalfius, a
Representative from Indiana; born near Georgetown, Floyd County,
Ind., February 14, 1824; attended Floyd County schools, and was
graduated from the law department of the University of Indiana at
Bloomington in 1850; was admitted to the bar in 1851 and commenced
practice in Corydon, Harrison County, Ind.; edited and published
the Corydon Democrat from 1857 to 1865; member of the State senate
1860-1864; delegate to the Democratic National Conventions at
Charleston and Baltimore in 1860; moved to New Albany in 1870 and
continued the practice of law; elected as a Democrat to the
Forty-third Congress (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1875); was not a
candidate for renomination in 1874; resumed the practice of law;
judge of the Floyd and Clark circuit court 1880-1884; died in New
Albany, Floyd County, Ind., November 18, 1888; interment in
Fairview Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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