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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Society of Colonial Wars, politicians, Indiana</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 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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English</b> — of Indianapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, Ind. Born in Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/SC-born.html">Scott County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/11-03.html">November 3, 1850</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1879; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 7th District, 1883-85; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1892/IN.html">1892</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1896/IN.html">1896</a>; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/IN.html">1912</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/stsen.html">Indiana state senate</a>, 1917-25; defeated (Republican), 1908, 1910. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>; <b>Society of Colonial Wars</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/un-spanish-war-vets.html">United Spanish War Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/soc-cincinnati.html">Society of the Cincinnati</a>. Died in Indianapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-died.html">Marion County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1926/04-29.html">April 29, 1926</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 177 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-buried.html#cms00556">Crown Hill Cemetery</a>, Indianapolis, Ind. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/english.html#474.36.49">William Hayden English</a> and Emma Mardulia (Jackson) English; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/01-05.html">January 5, 1898</a>, to Helen Orr; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/english.html#170.44.45">Elisha Gale English</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10463.html">English family</a> of Indianapolis, Indiana.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000190">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403878">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/cornelluniversitylibrary/4360137946/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/474/36.49.jpg" width=70 height=107 border=0 alt="William H. English"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William Hayden English (1822-1896)</b> — also known as <b>William H. English</b> — of Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/SC-lived.html">Scott County</a>, Ind. Born in Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/SC-born.html">Scott County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/08-27.html">August 27, 1822</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/sthse.html">Indiana state house of representatives</a>, 1851-52; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Indiana State House of Representatives</a>, 1851-52; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 2nd District, 1853-61; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">Vice President of the United States</a>, 1880. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/french.html">French Huguenot</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>; <b>Society of Colonial Wars</b>. Died in Indianapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-died.html">Marion County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/02-07.html">February 7, 1896</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 164 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-buried.html#cms00556">Crown Hill Cemetery</a>, Indianapolis, Ind. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Mahala (Eastin) English and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/english.html#170.44.45">Elisha Gale English</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/">1847</a> to Emma Mardulia Jackson; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/english.html#537.19.46">William Eastin English</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10463.html">English family</a> of Indianapolis, Indiana.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000191">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403879">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William Hayden English">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> Cornell University Library</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=iYdBkBWv0QsC&pg=PA157"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/078/65.02.jpg" width=70 height=111 border=0 alt="Henry L. Wilson"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Henry Lane Wilson (1857-1932)</b> — also known as <b>Henry L. Wilson</b> — of Lafayette, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/TI-lived.html">Tippecanoe County</a>, Ind.; Spokane, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/SP-lived.html">Spokane County</a>, Wash.; Indianapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, Ind. Born in Crawfordsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MN-born.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/11-03.html">November 3, 1857</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/WA.html">1896</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/committees.html">Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee</a>); U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CE-diplomats.html ">Chile</a>, 1897-1904; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BG-diplomats.html ">Belgium</a>, 1905-09; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/MX-diplomats.html ">Mexico</a>, 1909-12; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/IN.html">1928</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>; <b>Society of Colonial Wars</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/loyal-legion.html">Loyal Legion</a>. Died in Indianapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-died.html">Marion County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/12-22.html">December 22, 1932</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 49 days</a>). Entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-buried.html#cms00556">Crown Hill Cemetery</a>, Indianapolis, Ind. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson5.html#714.09.38">James Wilson</a> and Emma (Ingersoll) Wilson; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson5.html#420.43.02">John Lockwood Wilson</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/">1885</a> to Alice Vajen; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson5.html#944.00.49">John Wilson</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goodell-goodrell.html#897.83.35">William Cassius Goodloe III</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0234.html">Wilson-Dunn family</a> of Kentucky (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry Lane Wilson">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/wilson-henry-lane ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/34267327">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> American Monthly Review of Reviews, August 1897</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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