Jasper Packard
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Jasper Packard was a U.S. Representative
from Indiana
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, Packard moved with his parents to Indiana in 1835.
He attended the public schools and was graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1855.
He taught school.
He settled in La Porte, Indiana.
He studied law and was admitted to the bar
in 1861.
During the Civil War
enlisted in the Union Army
as a private in the Forty-eighth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, October 24, 1861.
He was promoted to first lieutenant January 1, 1862.
He served as captain September 12, 1862.
He served as lieutenant colonel of the One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, March 17, 1864.
He served as colonel June 26, 1865.
Brevetted brigadier general March 13, 1865, "for meritorious services".
Mustered out April 10, 1866.
Auditor of La Porte County from November 15, 1866, to March 1, 1869, when he resigned.
Packard was elected as a Republican
to the Forty-first
, Forty-second
, and Forty-third
Congresses (March 4, 1869-March 3, 1875).
He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State (Forty-third Congress), Committee on Private Land Claims (Forty-third Congress).
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1874.
He engaged in newspaper pursuits.
He was appointed July 1, 1899, commandant of the State soldiers' home at Lafayette, Indiana
, died there December 13, 1899 and was interred in the Soldiers' Home Cemetery.
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from Indiana
Indiana
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, Packard moved with his parents to Indiana in 1835.
He attended the public schools and was graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1855.
He taught school.
He settled in La Porte, Indiana.
He studied law and was admitted to the bar
Admission to the bar in the United States
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in 1861.
During the Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
enlisted in the Union Army
Union Army
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as a private in the Forty-eighth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, October 24, 1861.
He was promoted to first lieutenant January 1, 1862.
He served as captain September 12, 1862.
He served as lieutenant colonel of the One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, March 17, 1864.
He served as colonel June 26, 1865.
Brevetted brigadier general March 13, 1865, "for meritorious services".
Mustered out April 10, 1866.
Auditor of La Porte County from November 15, 1866, to March 1, 1869, when he resigned.
Packard was elected as a Republican
Republican Party (United States)
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to the Forty-first
41st United States Congress
-House of Representatives:- Senate :* President : Schuyler Colfax* President pro tempore: Henry B. Anthony - House of Representatives :* Speaker: James G. Blaine -Members:This list is arranged by chamber, then by state...
, Forty-second
42nd United States Congress
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, and Forty-third
43rd United States Congress
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Congresses (March 4, 1869-March 3, 1875).
He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State (Forty-third Congress), Committee on Private Land Claims (Forty-third Congress).
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1874.
He engaged in newspaper pursuits.
He was appointed July 1, 1899, commandant of the State soldiers' home at Lafayette, Indiana
Lafayette, Indiana
Lafayette is a city in and the county seat of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States, northwest of Indianapolis. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 67,140. West Lafayette, on the other side of the Wabash River, is home to Purdue University, which has a large impact on...
, died there December 13, 1899 and was interred in the Soldiers' Home Cemetery.