Jeptha Dudley New (November 28, 1830 – July 9, 1892) was a

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from

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. He was the grandson of

Jethro New Jethro New (September 20, 1757 – 1825) was an 18th-century American frontiersman and Continental Army soldier during the American Revolutionary War, at one time serving as an aide to General George Washington. He was a prominent settler in Nort ...

, nephew of Robert A. New, brother of John C. New, and uncle of

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. Born in

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, New was graduated from Vernon (Indiana) Academy and Bethany College in

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where he studied law. He was

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in 1851 and practiced in

, until 1864. One of his law partners was Thomas W. Woollen, who would later become

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. New served as mayor of Vernon 1852-1854. He served as prosecuting attorney of

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, from 1860 to 1864. He served as judge of the district court of common pleas 1864-1868. He resumed the practice of law in Vernon. New was elected as a

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to the Forty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877). He declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1876 to the Forty-fifth Congress. New was elected to the Forty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881). He was not a candidate for reelection in 1880. He served as judge of the sixth judicial circuit of Indiana 1882-1888. Appellate judge in 1891. He was nominated by the

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as a candidate for judge of the supreme court of Indiana in 1892, but died before the election in

, July 9, 1892. He was interred in Vernon Cemetery.

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