Graham N. Fitch

Graham Newell Fitch ( born December 5, 1809 in Le Roy, Genesee County, New York, † November 29, 1892 in Logansport, Indiana) was an American politician who represented the state of Indiana in both chambers of Congress.

Life

After visiting the Middlebury Academy and Geneva College Fitch studied medicine and completed his education at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University. 1834 Fitch found employment as a doctor in Logansport (Indiana). In 1836 and again by re-election in 1839 drew an Fitch House of Representatives from Indiana; to 1844, he gained so first political experience.

Fitch chose the profession of the teacher and held from 1844 to 1848 lectures on anatomy at Rush Medical College in Chicago (Illinois ) and one year, until 1849, at the Indianapolis Medical College in Indiana's capital Indianapolis.

1848 Fitch ran as a Democrat successfully for a seat in the House of Representatives of the United States. He was confirmed in 1850 by re-election to his office and served from March 4, 1849 to March 3, 1853 as a congressman. A re- nomination by his party in 1852 was not crowned with success. Four years later, in 1857, Fitch was elected to the Senate of the United States, where he served in the sequence of February 4, 1857 to March 3, 1861.

During the Civil War Finch presented at the 46th Volunteer Regiment of Indiana, which he commanded with the rank of Colonel. He fought in the Battle of Iceland Number Ten in Madrid ( Missouri) and served on battlefields in Tennessee. The end of the war he lived in Saint Charles ( Arkansas). In 1862 he was slightly wounded and resigned from the army.

Fitch withdrew to Logansport, where he continues to practice as a physician. He died a few days before his 83rd birthday. His grandson Edwin Denby (1870-1929) succeeded his grandfather in politics and sat from 1905 to 1911 for the Michigan House of Representatives. Also Denby was 1921-1924 U.S. Navy Minister.