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

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from

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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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Congress

He was elected as a Republican to the

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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

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, 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

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He died in Brighton,

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; interment in the

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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 Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives

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Later career and death

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