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Julian, George Washington (1817-1899) Dangers and Duties. Reconstruction and Suffrage. Speech of Hon. George W. Julian, Delivered in the Hall of the House of Representatives, Indianapolis, Ind., November 17,1865, in Response to an Invitation from that Body

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01265.41 Author/Creator: Julian, George Washington (1817-1899) Place Written: Cincinnati, Ohio Type: Pamphlet Date: 1865 Pagination: 16 p. ; 22 x 14 cm. Order a Copy

Published by Gazette Steam Print. Argues that although the rebel states have been defeated, the nation is still in a period of great uncertainty. Amongst other topics, Julian discusses punishment of rebel leaders, repudiation of the Union debt, and negro suffrage in Indiana.

Representative from Indiana; born near Centerville, Wayne County, Ind., on May 5, 1817; attended the common schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1840 and commenced practice in Greenfield, Ind.; member of the State house of representatives in 1845; delegate to the Buffalo Free-Soil Convention in 1848; elected as a Free-Soiler to the Thirty-first Congress (March 4, 1849-March 3, 1851); unsuccessful candidate for election in 1850 to the Thirty-second Congress; unsuccessful candidate for Vice President of the United States on the Free-Soil ticket in 1852; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1856; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-seventh and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1861-March 3, 1871); chairman, Committee on Public Lands (Thirty-eighth through Forty-first Congresses), Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy (Thirty-ninth Congress); appointed by President Cleveland surveyor general of New Mexico and served from July 1885 until September 1889; returned to Indiana and settled in Irvington; engaged in literary pursuits.

Julian, George Washington, 1817-1899

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