- Jeptha D. New
Jeptha Dudley New (
November 28 ,1830 -July 9 ,1892 ) was a U.S. Representative fromIndiana .Born in
Vernon, Indiana , New was graduated from Vernon (Indiana) Academy and Bethany (W.Virginia) College.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1851 and practiced inVernon, Indiana , until 1864.He served as mayor of Vernon 1852-1854.He served as prosecuting attorney ofJennings County, Indiana , from 1860 to 1864.He served as judge of the district court of common pleas 1864-1868.He resumed the practice of law in Vernon.New was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth Congress (
March 4 ,1875 -March 3 ,1877 ).He declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1876 to the Forty-fifth Congress.New was elected to the Forty-sixth Congress (
March 4 ,1879 -March 3 ,1881 ).He was not a candidate for reelection in 1880.He served as judge of the sixth judicial circuit of Indiana 1882-1888. Appellate judge in 1891.He was nominated by the Democratic Party as a candidate for judge of the supreme court of Indiana in 1892, but died before the election inVernon, Indiana ,July 9 ,1892 .He was interred in Vernon Cemetery.References
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