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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Indiana Delegation to 1864 Democratic National Convention</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Edgerton</a>, Fort Wayne - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hanna.html#529.57.21">James M. Hanna</a>, Sullivan County - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcdonald.html#942.54.52">Joseph E. McDonald</a>, Indianapolis - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nexsen-nicholoff.html#821.70.64">William E. Niblack</a>, Vincennes <li>1st District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dixson-doctrine.html#651.86.21">Cutler S. Dobbins</a>, Martin County - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whitten-wickware.html#691.03.05">Azariah T. Whittlesey</a>, Evansville <li>2nd District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mena-mercado.html#878.74.92">John L. Menaugh</a>, Washington County - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sparks.html#407.42.87">Levi Sparks</a>, Clark County <li>3rd District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcduffee-mcfarlan.html#373.29.73">William McEwen</a>, Bartholomew County - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shields.html#019.43.59">Mede W. Shields</a>, Jackson County <li>4th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/campbell5.html#956.72.25">John S. Campbell</a>, Rush County - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leszynski-levi.html#716.81.13">Marcus Levey</a>, Dearborn County <li>5th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aplin-applegate.html#348.05.71">William P. Applegate</a>, Fayette County - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/detaranto-devin.html#556.08.14">Luse Develin</a>, Wayne County <li>6th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#369.87.30">Alexander B. Conduit</a>, Morgan County - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dodd.html#018.40.86">H. H. Dodd</a>, Marion County <li>7th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis5.html#325.73.37">John G. Davis</a>, Terre Haute - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/humphreys.html#770.90.11">Andrew Humphreys</a>, Greene County <li>8th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lucas.html#428.35.07">E. F. Lucas</a>, Warren County - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/willison-wilshire.html#198.25.91">Samuel C. Willson</a>, Montgomery County <li>9th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coots-corbly.html#509.67.58">Horace Corbin</a>, Marshall County - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor5.html#036.85.22">J. A. Taylor</a>, Cass County <li>10th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/colen-collingwood.html#104.77.68">David H. Colerick</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/long.html#379.80.72">E. V. Long</a>, Kosciusko County <li>11th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/millet-milligan.html#086.87.06">S. P. Milligan</a>, Huntington County - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stubblefield-styles.html#996.16.08">David Studebaker</a>, Adams County </ul> Alternates (may be incomplete!) <ul> <li>At-Large: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boe-boggess.html#407.76.20">Julius Boettcher</a>, Marion County - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gabaldon-gafney.html#897.55.04">James W. Gaff</a>, Dearborn County - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hall8.html#385.15.59">Samuel A. Hall</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pettit.html#385.55.44">John Pettit</a>, Lafayette <li>1st District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/green4.html#250.32.96">George E. Green</a>, Knox County - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holcomb-holdaway.html#027.80.17">Silas Mercer Holcomb</a>, Gibson County <li>2nd District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/black.html#838.10.80">A. M. Black</a>, Orange County - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith4.html#782.35.67">Hamilton Smith</a>, Cannelton <li>3rd District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/armstrong.html#017.16.08">Thomas Armstrong</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/manshel-mapp.html#053.48.39">Sylvanus Manvill</a>, Brown County <li>4th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dodd.html#487.77.16">W. H. Dodd</a>, Ohio County - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fogleson-folse.html#382.83.68">James B. Foley</a> <li>5th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gorney-goulart.html#719.00.45">Charles Gough</a>, Henry County - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/piet-pihl.html#442.90.29">Eli Pigman</a>, Union County <li>6th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cooper.html#973.66.73">B. W. Cooper</a>, Hancock County - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jennings.html#846.38.77">W. H. Jennings</a>, Johnson County <li>7th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burton.html#509.74.85">Stephen G. Burton</a>, Sullivan County - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mckee.html#071.49.88">Melvin McKee</a>, Putnam County <li>8th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aplin-applegate.html#212.57.94">J. C. Applegate</a>, Carroll County - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sanger-sargeant.html#331.01.71">William A. Sangster</a>, Fountain County <li>9th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/louanner-louwet.html#289.73.73">William B. Loughbridge</a>, Miami County - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#904.23.84">John C. Walker</a>, LaPorte County <li>10th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seeley.html#828.25.71">Charles W. Seeley</a>, Elkhart County - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sproat-staebler.html#014.29.73">Samuel W. Sprott</a>, Auburn <li>11th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brockson-bronrott.html#422.43.47">Newton Bromell</a>, Wells County - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#263.28.24">Howard Coe</a>, Grant County </ul> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872</td> <td><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/"> <img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/images/tpgsub.gif" width=450 height=71 align="right" border=0 alt="The Political Graveyard"></a></td></tr></table> <table width=100% cellpadding=2> <tr><td colspan=3> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/index.html">The Political Graveyard</a> is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries. Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 338,260 politicians, living and dead.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The coverage of this site includes (1) the President, Vice President, members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges; (4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet, diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys, collectors of customs and internal revenue, members of major federal commissions; and political appointee (pre-1969) postmasters of qualifying communities; (5) state and national political party officials, including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in national party nominating conventions; (6) Americans who served as "honorary" consuls for other nations before 1950. Note: municipalities or communities "qualify", for Political Graveyard purposes, if they have at least half a million person-years of history, inclusive of predecessor, successor, and merged entities.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The listings are incomplete; development of the database is a continually ongoing project.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> Information on this page — and on all other pages of this site — is believed to be accurate, but is not guaranteed. Users are advised to check with other sources before relying on any information here.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The official URL for this page is: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1864/IN.html">https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1864/IN.html</a>.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> Links to this or any other Political Graveyard page are welcome, but specific page addresses may sometimes change as the site develops.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> If you are searching for a specific named individual, try the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html">alphabetical index of politicians</a>.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> Copyright notices: (1) Facts are not subject to copyright; see <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/copyright/cases/499_US_340.htm">Feist v. Rural Telephone</a>. (2) Politician portraits displayed on this site are 70-pixel-wide monochrome thumbnail images, which I believe to constitute fair use under applicable copyright law. Where possible, each image is linked to its online source. However, requests from owners of copyrighted images to delete them from this site are honored. (3) Original material, programming, selection and arrangement are © 1996-2025 Lawrence Kestenbaum. (4) This work is also licensed for free non-commercial re-use, with attribution, under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en">Creative Commons License</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> What is a "political graveyard"? See <a href="https://politicaldictionary.com/words/political-graveyard">Political Dictionary</a>; <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=political%20graveyard">Urban Dictionary</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> Site information: The Political Graveyard is created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum, who is solely responsible for its structure and content. — The mailing address is The Political Graveyard, P.O. Box 2563, Ann Arbor MI 48106. — This site is hosted by <a href="https://www.hdlmi.com">HDLmi.com</a>. — The Political Graveyard opened on July 1, 1996; the last full revision was done on February 17, 2025. </td></tr> </table> </body> </html>