Daniel Mace (politician)

Daniel Mace ( * September 5, 1811 in Pickaway County, Ohio; † July 26, 1867 in Lafayette, Indiana ) was an American politician. Between 1851 and 1857 he represented the State of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Daniel Mace attended the public schools of his home. After a subsequent study of law and its made ​​in 1835 admitted to the bar he began working in Lafayette in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. In 1836 he was elected to the House of Representatives from Indiana. In 1837, he worked in the administration. Between 1849 and 1853, Mace was United States Attorney for Indiana.

In the congressional elections of 1850 Mace was in the eighth election district of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Joseph E. McDonald on March 4, 1851. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1857 three legislative periods. Since 1855 he represented there, the short-lived opposition party. From 1855 to 1857 he was chairman of the Postal Committee. His time as a congressman was shaped by the events leading up to the Civil War.

After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives Daniel Mace practiced as a lawyer again. In 1866 he was postmaster of Lafayette. A post he held until his death on 26 July 1867.

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