Person:David Turpie (1)

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David Battle Turpie, Esq., U.S. Senator
b.8 Jul 1828 Hamilton, Ohio, United States
d.21 Apr 1909 Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States
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  • H.  David Battle Turpie, Esq., U.S. Senator1828 - 1909
  • W.  Mary P Imes1829 - 1863
  1. Alice C Turpie1851 - 1854
  2. Cora Turpie1862 - 1863
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  • H.  David Battle Turpie, Esq., U.S. Senator1828 - 1909
  • W.  Alice Partridge1847 - 1884
m. Aft 1863
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Name David Battle Turpie, Esq., U.S. Senator
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 8 Jul 1828 Hamilton, Ohio, United States
Marriage to Mary P Imes
Marriage Aft 1863 to Alice Partridge
Death[1][2] 21 Apr 1909 Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States
Burial[2] Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States
Reference Number? Q260534?
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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 David Turpie, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
    last retrieved Jan 2016.

    David Battle Turpie (July 8, 1828 – April 21, 1909) was an American politician. ...

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Biography, in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
    Last retrieved Jan 2016.

    TURPIE, David, (1828 - 1909)
    Senate Years of Service: 1863-1863; 1887-1899
    Party: Democrat; Democrat

    TURPIE, David, a Senator from Indiana; born in Hamilton County, Ohio, July 8, 1828; graduated from Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, in 1848; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1849 and commenced practice in Logansport, Cass County, Ind.; member, State house of representatives 1852, 1858; judge of the court of common pleas 1854-1856; judge of the circuit court 1856; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the expulsion of Jesse D. Bright and served from January 14 to March 3, 1863; moved to Indianapolis, Ind., in 1872 and continued the practice of law; member, State house of representatives, serving as speaker 1874-1875; one of the three commissioners to revise the laws of Indiana in 1878 and 1881; United States district attorney for Indiana 1886-1887; again elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1887; reelected in 1893 and served from March 4, 1887, to March 3, 1899; unsuccessful candidate for reelection; Democratic Conference chairman 1898-1899; chairman, Committee on Census (Fifty-third Congress); retired from public life; died in Indianapolis, Ind., April 21, 1909; interment in Crown Hill Cemetery.


    Bibliography
    Turpie, David. Sketches of My Own Times. 1903. Reprint. New York: AMS Press, 1975.

  3.   English, William Hayden. Conquest of the country northwest of the river Ohio, 1778-1783, and life of Gen. George Rogers Clark: with numerous sketches of men who served under Clark, and full list of those allotted lands in Clark's Grant for service in the campaigns against the British posts, showing exact land allotted each. (Indianapolis, Indiana: Bowen-Merrill Co., 1896)
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