William Mitchell (congressman)

William Mitchell ( born January 19, 1807 in Root, Montgomery County, New York, † September 11, 1865 in Macon, Georgia ) was an American politician. Between 1861 and 1863 he represented the State of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

William Mitchell attended the public schools of his home. After a subsequent study of law and its made ​​in 1836 admitted to the bar he began in Kendallville (Indiana) to work in this profession. Between 1836 and 1846 he was also postmaster of this place. At the same time he embarked on a political career. In 1841 he was elected to the House of Representatives from Indiana. He also served as justice of the peace.

Later, Mitchell joined the Republican Party, founded in 1854. In the congressional elections of 1860 he was in the tenth electoral district of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Charles Case March 4, 1861. Since he Democrat Joseph K. Edgerton defeated in 1862, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1863. This was marked by the events of the Civil War.

After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives William Mitchell worked in the cotton business. He died on September 11, 1865 in Macon and was buried in Kendallville.