John Peter Cleaver Shanks | |
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 John P. C. Shanks | |
| Born | (1826-06-17)June 17, 1826 |
| Died | January 23, 1901(1901-01-23) (aged 74) |
| Place of burial | Green Park Cemetery, Portland, Indiana |
| Allegiance | United States of America Union |
| Branch | Union Army |
| Rank |  Colonel BrevetMajor General |
| Commands | 7th Indiana Cavalry Regiment |
| Battles / wars | American Civil War |
John Peter Cleaver Shanks (June 17, 1826 – January 23, 1901) was aU.S. Representative fromIndiana from 1867 to 1875 and an officer in theUnion Army during theAmerican Civil War.
Born inMartinsburg,Virginia (nowWest Virginia), Shanks pursued an academic course. He studied law and wasadmitted to the bar in 1848 and commenced practice inPortland, Indiana, in 1849. He served as prosecuting attorney of Jay County in 1850 and 1851 and served as member of the State house of representatives in 1855.
Shanks was elected as aRepublican to theThirty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1862 to theThirty-eighth Congress.
During theCivil War he served in theUnion Army as acolonel andaide-de-camp toMajor GeneralJohn C. Fremont from September 20, 1861, to June 1862. He was appointed a colonel in theregular army and aide-de-camp from March 31, 1862, to October 9, 1863. He commanded the7th Indiana Cavalry Regiment as colonel from October 9, 1863, to December 8, 1864.[1] On December 12, 1864,President of the United StatesAbraham Lincoln nominated Shanks for appointment to the grade ofbrevetbrigadier general of volunteers, to rank from December 8, 1864, and theUnited States Senate confirmed the appointment on February 14, 1865.[2] He then commanded Brigade 1 of the Cavalry Division of the Department of Mississippi from December 8, 1864, to September 19, 1865, when he was mustered out of the volunteers.[1]
On December 3, 1867, PresidentAndrew Johnson nominated Shanks for appointment to the grade of brevet major general of volunteers, to rank from March 13, 1865, and the United States Senate confirmed the appointment on February 14, 1868.[3]
Shanks was elected to theFortieth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1875) and served as chairman of the Committee on Militia (Forty-first Congress) and the Committee on Indian Affairs (Forty-second Congress).
Shanks was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1874. He resumed the practice of his profession. He was again a member of the State house of representatives in 1879.
Shanks died inPortland, Indiana, January 23, 1901 and was interred in Green Park Cemetery.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromIndiana's 11th congressional district March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 (obsolete district) | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromIndiana's 11th congressional district March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869 (obsolete district) | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromIndiana's 9th congressional district March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1875 | Succeeded by |
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