1. Norman S Eddy was an American politician and military officer.
16 Facts About Norman Eddy
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Norman Eddy served as a member of the Indiana State Senate from 1850 to 1853 and a US Representative of Indiana from 1853 to 1855.
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Norman Eddy then served as US Attorney for the Territory of Minnesota from 1855 to 1861 and as Secretary of State of Indiana from 1870 to 1872.
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Norman S Eddy was born on December 10,1810, in Scipio, New York.
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Norman Eddy then studied law in the office of William H Seward.
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Norman Eddy was admitted to the bar on April 1,1847.
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Norman Eddy's efforts shifted again three years later, when he commenced a political career in the Democratic Party with a post in the Indiana State Senate in 1850.
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Norman Eddy served only one term in this office, as he was defeated by Schuyler Colfax when he attempted to run for re-election.
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Undaunted, Norman Eddy continued his political career as Attorney General of the Territory of Minnesota, serving as an appointee of President Franklin Pierce in 1855.
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Norman Eddy was offered the role of Minister to the Hague and the Netherlands by President James Buchanan, but he declined.
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Norman Eddy was appointed commissioner for the sale of the Delaware trust lands in 1857.
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Norman Eddy served in this capacity for two years, but received disabling wounds in Mississippi at the Battle of Iuka and left the service in July 1863.
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Norman Eddy fought in the Battle of Grand Gulf, Battle of Corinth and the Siege of Vicksburg.
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Norman Eddy was Indiana's collector of internal revenue from 1865 to 1870, and then its Secretary of State of Indiana from 1870 to 1872.
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Norman Eddy died from a heart condition on January 28,1872, at his home in Indianapolis.
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An Episcopalian, Norman Eddy was buried in South Bend City Cemetery in South Bend.