Simeon Kalfius Wolfe (February 14, 1824 – November 18, 1888) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a

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from

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from 1873 to 1875.

Biography

Born near Georgetown, Indiana, Wolfe attended Floyd County schools, and graduated from the law department of

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in 1850. He was

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in 1851 and commenced practice in

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. He edited and published the '' Corydon Democrat'' from 1857 to 1865. He served as a member of the

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from 1860 to 1864, and as a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions at Charleston and Baltimore in 1860. In 1870, he moved to New Albany, where he continued the practice of law.

Congress

Wolfe was elected as a

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to the Forty-third Congress (March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1874, instead resuming the practice of law, and serving as judge of the Floyd and Clark circuit court from 1880 to 1884.

Death

He died in

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, November 18, 1888, and was interred in Fairview Cemetery.

References

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