Louis Humphreys (September 21, 1816 – May 9, 1880) was a doctor, medical inspector for the Union Army during the American Civil War, and two-term mayor of
South Bend, Indiana
South Bend is a city in and the county seat of St. Joseph County, Indiana, St. Joseph County, Indiana, on the St. Joseph River (Lake Michigan), St. Joseph River near its southernmost bend, from which it derives its name. As of the 2020 United S ...
(1868 - 1872).
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln ( ; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the nation thro ...
appointed him as one of eight medical inspectors for the United States Army.
Humphreys was born in
Springfield, Ohio
Springfield is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Clark County, Ohio, Clark County. The municipality is located in southwestern Ohio and is situated on the Mad River (Ohio), Mad River, Buck Creek, and Beaver Creek, approxim ...
. His older brother Harvey was also a doctor. Humphreys came to South Bend in 1844.
[ He attended Indiana Medical College.
He was the second mayor of South Bend. He was a Republican.
Humphreys' father was a native of Ireland who immigrated to the U.S. in his early 20s.
Humphreys was involved in organizing South Bend's original public library.]
See also
*List of mayors of South Bend, Indiana
This is a list of mayors of South Bend, Indiana, beginning with South Bend's incorporation as a city on May 22, 1865. William G. George served as the city’s first mayor from 1865 to 1868. Joe Kernan was mayor of South Bend from 1988 to 1997 and ...
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1816 births
1880 deaths
Politicians from Springfield, Ohio
Mayors of South Bend, Indiana
19th-century American physicians
American military doctors
Union Army personnel
Indiana Republicans
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