1. Jasper Packard was an American attorney, Civil War veteran, and politician who, from 1869 to 1875, served three terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Indiana's at-large congressional district and Indiana's 11th congressional district.
Jasper Packard attended local public schools and graduated from the University of Michigan in 1855.
Jasper Packard then taught school and he settled in La Porte, Indiana.
Jasper Packard studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1861.
Jasper Packard was promoted to first lieutenant on January 1,1862.
Jasper Packard served as lieutenant colonel of the 128th Indiana Infantry and was promoted to colonel June 26,1865.
Jasper Packard served as the Auditor of La Porte County from November 15,1866, to March 1,1869,.
Jasper Packard was elected as a Republican to the Forty-first, Forty-second, and Forty-third Congresses.
Jasper Packard served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State, Committee on Private Land Claims.
Jasper Packard was not a candidate for renomination in 1874.
Jasper Packard was later appointed commandant of the State soldiers' home at Lafayette, Indiana, on July 1,1899.
Jasper Packard died in Lafayette on December 13,1899, and was interred in the Soldiers' Home Cemetery.