James A. Mount

Infobox Politician
name =James A. Mount


caption =
birth_date= March 24, 1843
birth_place= Montgomery County, Indiana
death_date= January 16, 1901
death_place= Crawfordsville, Indiana
religion = Presbyterian
party = Republican
spouse = Catharine Boyd
office1 =Indiana State Senate
term_start1 =1888
term_end1 =1892
office2 =Governor of Indiana
order2 =23rd
term_start2 =January 11, 1897
term_end2 =November 23, 1891
predecessor2 =Claude Matthews
successor2 =Winfield T. Durbin
allegiance=United States of America
branch= United States Army
serviceyears=1862–1865
rank=major general
commands=
unit=72nd Regiment Indiana Infantry
battles=American Civil War

James Atwell Mount (1843 - 1901) was governor of the U.S. state of Indiana from 1897 to 1901.

Biography

Mount was born to a farmer in Montgomery County, Indiana on March 24, 1843.

During the American Civil War he served in the Seventy-Second Indiana Infantry from 1862 until 1865. After the war he attended the Presbyterian academy in Lebanon, Indiana. He earned the distinction of bravery in the Battle of Chickamauga.

He married Catharine Boyd and by 1895 owned a five hundred acre farm. He was very active in agricultural circles from which he drew his base of political support. He was president of the State Horse Thief Detective Association in 1892. It was a vigilante group that privately defended country farmers.

In 1888 he was elected to the Indiana State Senate and served there for four years. He ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 1890.

He was elected as governor of Indiana and served from January 11, 1897 until January 14, 1901. During his administration he was responsible for mustering Hoosers for the Spanish-American War. [ [http://www.memoriallibrary.com/IN/SA/proclamations.htm Proclamation calling up the Indiana Guard] ] He oversaw the reform of the state prison system, the creation of the state Medical Examination Board and the state Labor Commission. [ [http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=afbc224971c81010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD National Governors Association] ]

He died two days after his term as governor ended on January 16, 1901. He is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Crawfordsville, Indiana.

References

ee also

*List of Governors of Indiana

External links

* [http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/www/ihb/govportraits/mount.html Indiana Historical Bureau: Biography and portrait]
* cite news
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title=EX-GOV. MOUNT DIES SUDDENLY; Stricken by Heart Disease in an Indianapolis Hotelndash Retired from Office Last Monday.
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* [http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=afbc224971c81010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD National Governors Association]