John Coburn (Indiana)

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John Coburn (October 27, 1825 - January 28, 1908) was a United States Representative from Indiana. He was born in Indianapolis, Indiana were he attended the public schools. Later, he graduated from Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana in 1846. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1849, and commenced practice in Indianapolis.

Contents 1 American Civil War 2 Congressional service 3 Later life 4 References

[edit] American Civil War

Coburn was a member of the Indiana House of Representativesin 1850 and was also a judge of the court of common pleas from 1859 to 1861, when he resigned to enter the Union Army during the American Civil War. He became colonel of the Thirty-third Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, September 16, 1861, and was mustered out September 20, 1864. He was brevetted Brigadier General of Volunteers March 13, 1865.

[edit] Congressional service

Coburn was appointed as the first secretary of the Territory of Montana in March 1865 but resigned at once. He was elected judge of the fifth judicial circuit of Indiana in October 1865 and resigned in July 1866. Later, he was elected as a Republican to the Fortieth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1867-March 3, 1875). While in Congress, he served as chairman, Committee on Public Expenditures (Forty-first Congress), and as a member of Committee on Military Affairs (Forty-second and Forty-Third Congresses). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1874 to the Forty-fourth Congress.

[edit] Later life

After leaving Congress, he was appointed a justice of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Montana on February 19, 1884, and served until December 1885. He returned to Indianapolis, and resumed the practice of law. He died in Indianapolis, Indiana on January 28, 1908 and was buried in Crown Hill Cemetery.

[edit] References

• John Coburn (Indiana) at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2008-02-12
• Coburn, John. An address delivered by General John Coburn, on Memorial Day, May 30, 1905. Indianapolis: Jacobs Stationery and Printing Company, 1905.
• Coburn, John. Life and services of John B. Dillon. Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Co., 1886.
• Welcher, Frank Johnson, and Larry G. Ligget. Coburn’s Brigade: The 85th Indiana, 33rd Indiana, 19th Michigan, and 22nd Wisconsin in the Western Civil War. Carmel, Ind.: Guild Press of Indiana, 1999.