Mark De Motte | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromIndiana's10th district | |
| In office March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883 | |
| Preceded by | William H. Calkins |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Jefferson Wood |
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| Born | (1832-12-28)December 28, 1832 Rockville, Indiana, US |
| Died | September 23, 1908(1908-09-23) (aged 75) Valparaiso, Indiana, US |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | De Pauw University |
Mark Lindsey De Motte (December 28, 1832 – September 23, 1908) was an American lawyer,Civil War veteran, and politician who served one term as aU.S. Representative fromIndiana from 1881 to 1883. He was also a lawyer, law school dean, newspaper editor and postmaster. The town ofDeMotte, Indiana was named after him during his term in Congress.
Born inRockville, Indiana, De Motte pursued preparatory studies.He graduated from the literary department of Indiana Asbury (nowDe Pauw) University,Greencastle, Indiana, in 1853 and from the law department of the same university in 1855. He wasadmitted to the bar and began practice in Valparaiso in 1855. De Motte was electedprosecuting attorney of the sixty-seventh judicial district in 1856.
He served in theUnion Army with the rank of first lieutenant in 1861. He was promoted to captain in 1862.In 1865, he was promoted to Colonel, and while he left the service later that year, he continued to be referred to as "Colonel DeMotte" throughout his life.
At the close of the war he moved toLexington, Missouri, and resumed the practice of law. He was editor and proprietor of theLexington Register. He was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for election to Congress in 1872 and 1876. He served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1876. He returned toValparaiso, Indiana, in 1877 and resumed the practice of law. He organized theNorthern Indiana Law School (later Valparaiso University School of Law) in 1879.
De Motte was elected as aRepublican to theForty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882 to theForty-eighth Congress.
He served as member of theIndiana State Senate from 1886 to 1890. He was appointed postmaster of Valparaiso on March 24, 1890, and served until March 20, 1894. He was dean of the Northern Indiana Law School from 1890 to 1908.
He died inValparaiso, Indiana, on September 23, 1908, and was interred in Maplewood Cemetery.
This article incorporatespublic domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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