Person:David Wallace (12)

Name	David Wallace
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	24 Apr 1799	Lewistown, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States
Marriage	10 Nov 1824	Brookville, Franklin, Indiana, United Statesto Esther Test (add)
Marriage	25 Dec 1836	Indianato Zerelda Gray Sanders
Death^[1]	4 Sep 1859	Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States
Reference Number`^?`		Q1177056^?

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David Wallace (April 24, 1799 – September 4, 1859) was the sixth governor of the US state of Indiana. The Panic of 1837 occurred just before his election and the previous administration, which he had been part of, had taken on a large public debt. During his term the state entered a severe financial crisis that crippled the state's internal improvement projects. He advocated several measures to delay the inevitable insolvency of the state. Because of his connection to the internal improvement platform, his party refused to nominate him to run for a second term. The situation continued to deteriorate rapidly and led to state bankruptcy in his successor's term. After his term as governor, he became a congressman, then chairman of the Indiana Whig party before becoming a state judge, a position he held until his death.

David was the oldest of seven. The family moved to Ohio, and then Indiana when he was a young man. David secured entrance to Westpoint and graduated in 1821. He came back to Indiana as a lawyer for several years, before being elected to the Indiana House of Representatives in 1828.

Following his time as governor in the 1830s, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for one term. Upon his return to Indiana, he became head of the state's Whig party and a judge.

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