Lucien Coatsworth Gause (December 25, 1836 – November 5, 1880) was an

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nineteenth-century politician and lawyer from Arkansas.

Biography

Born near Wilmington, North Carolina, Gause moved to

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and studied under a private tutor. He graduated from the University of Virginia, studied law, graduated from Cumberland University and was admitted to the bar, commencing practice in

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in 1859. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he entered the

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as a lieutenant and was later promoted to colonel. Gause resumed practicing law in Jacksonport in 1865, was a member of the

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in 1866 and was a commissioner to represent the

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in Washington, D.C. He unsuccessfully contested the election of

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as a

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to the United States House of Representatives in 1873 before successfully being elected to the House of Representatives in 1874, serving from 1875 to 1879, not being a candidate for renomination in 1878. Afterwards, Gause resumed practicing law until his death in

on November 5, 1880. He was interred in a private cemetery near Jacksonport.

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