John Coburn (politician)
John Coburn ( born October 27, 1825 Indianapolis, Indiana; † January 28, 1908 ) was an American politician. Between 1867 and 1875 he represented the State of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Career
John Coburn attended the public schools of his home and then to 1846 the Wabash College in Crawfordsville. After a subsequent law degree in 1849 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he started in Indianapolis to work in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career. In 1850 he was a deputy in the House of Representatives from Indiana. Between 1859 and 1861 Coburn officiated as a judge in a court of appeal. During the Civil War he was a colonel in the army of the Union. During the war he rose to the brevet brigadier general. In 1865 he was appointed managing officer ( Secretary ) of the Montana Territory; this office, however, he did not accept. Between October 1865 and July 1866 was John Coburn judge in the fifth judicial district of Indiana. Politically, he joined the Republican Party.
In the congressional elections of 1866 he was in the sixth electoral district of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Ebenezer Dumont on March 4, 1867. After three re- elections, he was able to complete in Congress until March 4, 1875 four legislative sessions. Since 1869 he represented there as a successor to George Washington Julian the fifth district of his state. Until 1869, the work of the Congress was overshadowed by the tensions between the Republicans and President Andrew Johnson. It came to a close in the Senate failed impeachment. From 1869 to 1871 Coburn was chairman of the Committee for the control of public expenditure. Later he headed from 1871 to 1875 the Military Committee.
In 1874, Coburn has not been confirmed. Between February 1884 and December 1885 he was a judge at the Supreme Court in Montana Territory. Then he returned to Indianapolis, where he practiced as a lawyer again. There he is on 28 January 1908 passed away.