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| In office December 6, 1837 – December 9, 1840 |
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| Preceded by | Noah Noble |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Bigger |
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| Preceded by | John H. List of Governors of Indiana Territory List of Governors of the State of Indiana Events 1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary 1240 - Mongol invasion of Rus: Kiev Year 1837 ( MDCCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 536 - Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city Year 1840 ( MDCCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year The Lieutenant Governor of Indiana is elected on the same ticket as the Governor in a statewide election every four years David Mark Hillis is a prominent American Herpetologist and systematic biologist at the University of Texas - Austin Noah Noble (January 15 1794 - February 8 1844 was a Whig governor of the U Samuel Bigger ( March 20 1802 September 9 1845) was a Whig governor of the U The Lieutenant Governor of Indiana is elected on the same ticket as the Governor in a statewide election every four years Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1837 ( MDCCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Thompson |
| Succeeded by | David Hillis |
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| In office 1828 – 1831 |
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| Born | September 12, 1799 Lewistown, Pennsylvania |
| Died | September 12, 1859 Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Political party | Whig |
| Spouse | Esther French Test & Zerelda Gray Sanders |
| Profession | solider, attorney, politician, judge |
David Wallace (September 12, 1799 – September 4, 1859) was a Whig governor of the U.S. state of Indiana. David Mark Hillis is a prominent American Herpetologist and systematic biologist at the University of Texas - Austin Indiana House of Representatives is the Lower house of the Indiana General Assembly, the state legislature of the U The year 1828 ( MDCCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1831 ( MDCCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Events 1213 - Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the Year 1799 ( MDCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Lewistown is a Borough located on the Juniata River, 61 miles (98 km northwest of Harrisburg in Mifflin County Pennsylvania. Events 1213 - Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Whig Party was a Political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Events 1213 - Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the Year 1799 ( MDCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 476 - Romulus Augustus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Whig Party was a Political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. List of Governors of Indiana Territory List of Governors of the State of Indiana A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government The State of Indiana ( was the 19th US state admitted into the union
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Biography
Early life
He was born in Lewistown, Pennsylvania, raised and educated in Ohio, and later moved to Brookville, Indiana. Lewistown is a Borough located on the Juniata River, 61 miles (98 km northwest of Harrisburg in Mifflin County Pennsylvania. Brookville is a town in Brookville Township, Franklin County, Indiana, United States. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1821 and served as a lieutenant, captain, and colonel in the 7th Regiment, Indiana Militia. "USMA" redirects here For other uses see USMA (disambiguation The United States Military Academy (also known as USMA, Year 1821 ( MDCCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Lieutenant (abbreviated Lt or Lieut) is a Military, Naval, Paramilitary, Fire service, Emergency medical services Colonel ( RP ˈkɜnəl GA ˈkɜrnəl is a Military rank of a Commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every country He was the older brother of William H. Wallace, who was appointed as the fourth governor of the Washington Territory and first governor of the Idaho Territory in 1863. William Henson Wallace (born July 19, 1811 in Troy, Ohio &ndash died February 7, 1879 in Steilacoom, Washington The Washington Territory was a historic Organized territory of the United States that was formed in February 8, 1853 from the portion of the Idaho Territory was an Organized territory of the United States which existed from 1863 to 1890
Wallace was married to Esther French Test on November 10, 1824 in Lewistown, Pennsylvania. Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw Year 1824 ( MDCCCXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Lewistown is a Borough located on the Juniata River, 61 miles (98 km northwest of Harrisburg in Mifflin County Pennsylvania. [1] They had four children together, one of whom was Lew Wallace, author of the novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ and Governor of the New Mexico Territory. Lewis "Lew" Wallace ( April 10, 1827 February 15, 1905) was a lawyer governor Union general in the American Civil Ben-Hur A Tale of the Christ is a novel by Lew Wallace published on November 12, 1880 by Harper & Brothers. The Territory of New Mexico became an Organized territory of the United States on September 9, 1850, and it existed until New Mexico After the death of his first wife, David married Zerelda Gray Sanders in 1836 and together they had six children. Zerelda Gray Sanders Wallace ( August 6, 1817 &ndash March 19, 1901) was a First Lady of Indiana, a contemporary of
Public Life
In 1828, Wallace was elected to the Indiana House of Representatives, where he served until 1831, when he was elected lieutenant governor on the Whig ticket with Noah Noble. Indiana House of Representatives is the Lower house of the Indiana General Assembly, the state legislature of the U Noah Noble (January 15 1794 - February 8 1844 was a Whig governor of the U He and Noble were reelected in 1834 and served until 1837 when Wallace was elected as Indiana's sixth governor, having defeated John Dumont, also a Whig candidate.
Wallace's term as governor was marred by the Panic of 1837 and the years of economic uncertainty which followed. The Panic of 1837 was a Panic in the United States built on a speculative fever Indiana had been enjoying a period of internal improvements of roads and canals, but nearly all such projects ended during this financial crisis. The Treaty of Chicago--signed in 1833 with the Potawatomi--led to their forceable removal from their lands. The Treaty of Chicago may refer to either of two treaties made and signed in Chicago Illinois between the United States and the Ottawa, The Potawatomi (also spelled Pottawatomie and Pottawatomi, among many variations) are a Native American people of the upper Mississippi Wallace ordered General and U. S. Senator John Tipton to remove a band of 859 Potawatomi from the vicinity of Plymouth, Indiana, and send them to the Kansas Territory. John Shields Tipton ( August 14 1786 - April 5 1839) was an American politician Indian Removal was a nineteenth century policy of the government of the United States to ethnically cleanse Native American tribes living east of the Mississippi Plymouth is a city in Marshall County, Indiana, United States. The Territory of Kansas was an Organized territory of the United States that existed from May 30 1854 until January 29 1861 when Kansas became the 34th More than 40 Potawatomi died from disease and the stress of the two-month march in what became known as the "Trail of Death". The Potawatomi Trail of Death was the forced removal by United States forces from September 4 to November 4, 1838, of 859 members of the
Following his term as governor, Wallace was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1841, but failed in his attempt for reelection in 1843. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. Following the defeat, Wallace returned to Indiana where he became chairman of the state's Whig party in 1846. He served as a member of the state's constitutional convention in 1850 and judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Marion County from 1856 until his death. In United States Jurisprudence, Court of Common Pleas is a Court of certain jurisdiction Marion County is a County located in the US state of Indiana.
Wallace died on September 4, 1859 in Indianapolis, Indiana and is buried in Crown Hill Cemetery. Events 476 - Romulus Augustus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common There is also a locality '''Crown Hill''' Seattle Washington.
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External links
- Biography from Indiana State Library
- Profile from Directory of the United States Congress
- Find-A-Grave profile for David Wallace
| Preceded by Noah Noble |
Governor of Indiana December 6, 1837 – December 9, 1840 |
Succeeded by Samuel Bigger |
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