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American politician (1821?1882)
Horatio C. Newcomb
(December 20, 1821?May 23, 1882
[1]
) was an attorney and judge from
Indianapolis, Indiana
, United States. He also served as the second mayor of Indianapolis.
[2]
Early life
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Newcomb was born in
Wellsboro
,
Tioga County, Pennsylvania
.
[3]
At some point the family moved to
Cortland County, New York
, and in 1833 the family moved to
Vernon
,
Jennings County
,
Indiana
.
[3]
In 1836, Newcomb started as an apprentice in
horse harness
and
saddle
making.
[3]
Career
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In 1841, Newcomb began to study law under his uncle, Judge William C. Bullock, the first attorney to set up practice in Jennings County. Newcomb was licensed to practice in 1844 and practiced in Vernon until 1846. He moved to Indianapolis and became a partner with
Ovid Butler
,
Calvin Fletcher
, and
Simon Yandes
.
In 1849, Newcomb was elected
mayor
of Indianapolis at the age of 27, the youngest mayor in Indianapolis history.
[4]
He was reelected in 1851. He was elected to the
Indiana General Assembly
from
Marion County
in 1854 and to the
Indiana State Senate
in 1860. In 1861, he resigned and was appointed president of the Board of Commissioners of the Sinking Fund. In 1864, he became political editor of the
Indianapolis Daily Journal
. From 1864 to 1868, he was again elected to the General Assembly.
Newcomb resumed his law practice after retiring from political life. In 1871,
Governor
Conrad Baker
made Newcomb a judge on the Superior Court of Marion County along with Solomon Blair and Frederick Rand. He was reelected to the position in 1878. Just a few days after the appointment, President
Ulysses S. Grant
appointed him Assistant Secretary of the
United States Department of the Interior
.
[3]
He was a Republican. From 1880 to 1881, Newcomb served as president of the Indianapolis Bar Association.
[5]
Sources
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"The Hon. Horatio C. Newcomb Dead"
(PDF)
.
The New York Times
. May 24, 1882
. Retrieved
December 21,
2022
.
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Nowland, John H. B. (2019).
Sketches of prominent citizens of 1876: With a few of the pioneers of the city and county who have passed away
(Nachdruck der Ausgabe von 1877 ed.). Norderstedt: Hansebooks. pp. 217?218.
ISBN
978-3337810627
. Retrieved
December 21,
2022
.
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b
c
d
"Mrs. John S. Wright, Genealogy, death of Horatio Newcomb, 24 May 1882"
.
The Indianapolis News
. May 24, 1882. p. 4
. Retrieved
December 21,
2022
.
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Bodenhamer, David J.; Barrows, Robert G. (1994).
The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis
. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. p. 1481.
ISBN
978-0253312228
. Retrieved
December 21,
2022
.
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"Our History"
.
www.indybar.org
. Retrieved
June 22,
2020
.