- Walpole G. Colerick
Walpole Gillespie Colerick (
August 1 ,1845 -January 11 ,1911 ) was a U.S. Representative fromIndiana .Born in
Fort Wayne, Indiana , Colerick attended the public schools.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1872 and commenced practice atFort Wayne, Indiana .Colerick was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses (
March 4 ,1879 -March 3 ,1883 ). Supreme court commissioner from 1883 to 1885.He again engaged in the practice of law atFort Wayne, Indiana , until his death there onJanuary 11 ,1911 .He was interred in Lindenwood Cemetery.References
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