 1823 - 1885 (61 years)
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| Name |
Schuyler Washington Colfax |
| Title |
Vice President |
| Suffix |
Jr |
| Birth |
23 Mar 1823 |
New York, New York, New York  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
1860 |
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1860 Colfax.
1860 US census, South Bend, Saint Joseph, Indiana, Family Number 365, Colfax. |
| Biographical Information |
20 Apr 1865 |
| As a member of the U.S. House of Representatives Schuyler served as one of President Lincoln's pall bearers. |
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Abraham Lincoln And His Pall Bearers.
Abraham Lincoln And His Pall Bearers. |
| Census |
1870 |
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1870 Colfax A.
1870 US census, South Bend, Saint Joseph, Indiana, Family Number 269, Colfax. This entry spans two sheets. |
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1870 Colfax B.
1870 US census, South Bend, Saint Joseph, Indiana, Family Number 269, Colfax. This entry spans two sheets. |
| Census |
1880 |
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1880 Colfax.
1880 US census, South Bend, Saint Joseph, Indiana, enumeration district 161, Family Number 6378580, Colfax. |
| Death |
13 Jan 1885 |
Mankato, Blue Earth, Minnesota |
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Schuyler Colfax Dead.
The Reading (Pennsylvania) Times, Wednesday, January 14, 1885 page one. |
| Biographical Information |
1887 |
Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana |
In 1887 a statue was erected in Indianapolis, Indiana in honor of Indiana's first vice president.
I contains a number of symbols of the Independent Order Of Odd Fellows. (I.O.O.F.). In 1851 Colfax wrote the organization's "Rebekah Creed," which made the I.O.O.F. the first national fraternal organization to allow female members. |
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Colfax Statue 1904.
Colfax Statue 1904. |
| Occupation |
Representitive from Indiana. Speaker of the House of Representitives during the 38, 39 & 40th Congress. Vice President of the United States under President Grant. |
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Grant-Schuyler.
A print made for the candidacy of President Grant and Vice President Schuyler. |
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13th Amendment.
Photographs of Representatives who voted "Aye" on the resolution submitting to the legislatures of the several states a proposition to amend the Constitution of the United States as to prohibit slavery.
As Speaker of the House Colfax is in the center. |
| Burial |
City Cemetery, South Bend, Saint Joseph, Indiana, United States |
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Schuyler Colfax Jr Headstone.
Schuyler Colfax Jr Headstone. The monument was originally topped with an angel. It disappeared about 2014. (see inset photo). |
| Siblings |
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| Person ID |
I39319 |
Nagel |
| Last Modified |
26 Mar 2019 |
| Father |
Schuyler Washington Colfax, b. 3 Aug 1792, Pompton Plains, Morris, New Jersey d. 20 Oct 1822, New York, New York, New York (Age 30 years) |
| Relationship |
Birth |
| Mother |
Hannah Delameter Stryker, b. 20 Mar 1805, New York d. 11 Aug 1872, Indiana (Age 67 years) |
| Relationship |
Birth |
| Family ID |
F12298 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Evelyn Clark, b. 1823, Argyle, Washington, New York d. 10 Jul 1863, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island (Age 40 years) |
| Marriage |
10 Oct 1844 |
| Family ID |
F12300 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
23 Mar 2019 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 23 Mar 1823 - New York, New York, New York |
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 | Death - 13 Jan 1885 - Mankato, Blue Earth, Minnesota |
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 | Biographical Information - In 1887 a statue was erected in Indianapolis, Indiana in honor of Indiana's first vice president.
I contains a number of symbols of the Independent Order Of Odd Fellows. (I.O.O.F.). In 1851 Colfax wrote the organization's "Rebekah Creed," which made the I.O.O.F. the first national fraternal organization to allow female members. - 1887 - Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana |
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 | Burial - - City Cemetery, South Bend, Saint Joseph, Indiana, United States |
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