Charles Case (December 21, 1817 – June 30, 1883) was an American lawyer who served two terms as a

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from Indiana from 1857 to 1861.

Biography

Case was born in

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; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in

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, Indiana.

Congress

He was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of

Samuel Brenton Samuel Brenton (November 22, 1810 – March 29, 1857) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana; born in Gallatin County, Kentucky. Attended the public schools; was ordained to the Methodist ministry in 1830 and served as a minister; located at Danv ...

; reelected to the

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and served from December 7, 1857, to March 3, 1861; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1860 to the Thirty-seventh United States Congress.

Later career and death

During the Civil War, he served as first lieutenant and adjutant of the Forty-fourth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry; subsequently became a major in the Third Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Cavalry, and served from November 26, 1861, - August 15, 1862. He later resumed the practice of his profession in Washington, D.C. He died in Brighton, Washington County, Iowa; interment in the Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Case, Charles 1817 births 1883 deaths People from Austinburg, Ohio Burials at the Congressional Cemetery People of Indiana in the American Civil War 19th-century American legislators Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana

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