- Augustus N. Martin
Augustus Newton Martin (
March 23 ,1847 -July 11 ,1901 ) was a U.S. Representative fromIndiana .Born near
Whitestown, Pennsylvania , Martin attended the common schools and Witherspoon Institute,Butler, Pennsylvania , and was graduated from Eastman College,Poughkeepsie, New York , in February 1867. EnlistedJuly 3 ,1863 , in Company I, Fifty-eighth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Militia. Enlisted againFebruary 22 ,1865 , in Company E, Seventy-eighth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and served until discharged for disabilityAugust 30 ,1865 .He taught school.He studied law inBluffton, Indiana , in 1869.He was admitted to the bar in 1870 and practiced.He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1875.Martin was elected reporter of the Supreme Court of Indiana in 1876 and served four years.He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1880. Resided in
Austin, Texas from 1881 to 1883.He returned toBluffton, Indiana , in 1883.Martin was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-first, Fifty-second, and Fifty-third Congresses (
March 4 ,1889 -March 3 ,1895 ).He served as chairman of the Committee on Invalid Pensions (Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Fifty-fourth Congress.He engaged in the practice of law inBluffton, Indiana , until his death at the Soldiers' Home Hospital,Marion, Indiana ,July 11 ,1901 .He was interred in Fairview Cemetery,Bluffton, Indiana .References
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