James Whitcomb

James Whitcomb (* December 1, 1795 in Windsor County, Vermont; † October 4, 1852 in New York City, New York ) was an American politician and 1843-1848, the eighth Governor of Indiana. This State, he also represented from 1849 to 1852 in the U.S. Senate.

Early years and political rise

James Whitcomb moved as a child with his parents to Kentucky. There he studied at Transylvania University. After a subsequent law degree, he settled first in Fayette County down before he moved to Indiana in 1824 to Bloomington. As a member of the Democratic Party, he sat 1830-1836 in the Senate of Indiana. In 1936 he was appointed by President Andrew Jackson to the authorized agent of the U.S. land management authority ( General Land Office ) appointed. This office he held until 1841. In 1842 Whitcomb secured his party's nomination for the gubernatorial election. In this he then sat down on August 7, 1843 against incumbent Samuel Bigger of the Whig party by.

Governor and U.S. Senator

Whitcomb took up his new post on December 6, 1843. In 1846 he was elected to a second term. During his tenure, he advocated for the disabled. At that time was a hospital for the mentally handicapped. Likewise, schools have been built for the Deaf. In connection with the broken out in those years, the Mexican- American War, five infantry regiments were recruited in Indiana and sent the army to help. He succeeded Governor Whitcomb to overcome the severe economic crisis of recent years in Indiana. He was able to reduce the national debt thus created drastically and restore confidence in politics.

After he was elected to the U.S. Senate, Whitcomb took effect on December 26, 1848 back by the Office of the Governor. Then he remained until his death in 1852 in Congress, where he worked in two committees. He was married to Ann Renick Hurst, with whom he had a child.