Augustus Newton Martin | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromIndiana's11th district | |
| In office March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895 | |
| Preceded by | George Washington Steele |
| Succeeded by | George Washington Steele |
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| Born | (1847-03-23)March 23, 1847 Whitestown,Connoquenessing Township, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | July 11, 1901(1901-07-11) (aged 54) Soldiers' Home Hospital,Marion, Indiana, U.S. |
| Resting place | Fairview Cemetery,Bluffton, Indiana, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
Augustus Newton Martin (March 23, 1847 – July 11, 1901) was an American lawyer, educator, and veteran of theCivil War who served three terms as aU.S. Representative fromIndiana from 1889 to 1895.
Born near Whitestown,Connoquenessing Township, Pennsylvania, Martin attended the common schools and Witherspoon Institute,Butler, Pennsylvania, and graduated in February 1867 fromEastman Business College inPoughkeepsie, New York.
On July 3, 1863, he enlisted in Company I, Fifty-eighth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Militia. He enlisted again, on February 22, 1865, in Company E, Seventy-eighth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and served until discharged for disability August 30, 1865.
After his service in theCivil War, Martin taught school. He studied law inBluffton, Indiana, in 1869. He wasadmitted to the bar in 1870 and practiced. He served as a member of theIndiana House of Representatives in 1875.
Martin was electedreporter of theIndiana Supreme Court in 1876 and served four years. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1880. He lived inAustin, Texas from 1881 to 1883, and returned to Bluffton in 1883.
Martin was elected as aDemocrat to theFifty-first,Fifty-second, andFifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895).
He served as chairman of theCommittee on Invalid Pensions (Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to theFifty-fourth Congress.
He engaged in the practice of law in Bluffton until his death at the Soldiers' Home Hospital,Marion, Indiana on July 11, 1901. He was interred in Fairview Cemetery in Bluffton.
This article incorporatespublic domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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