Colfax, Schuyler (03/23/1823-01/13/1885)

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Summary

  • Occupation: Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives
  • Number of Terms: 2

Subject

  • Colfax, Schuyler 1823-1885
  • Board of Regents
  • United States Congress
  • Representative
  • United States. Office of the Vice President
  • Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )

Category

Smithsonian Board of Regents

Regent images can be seen at

Images of this Regent can be found in the following repositories: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; United States Capitol; Chicago Historical Society; Bennington Museum; RU 95, Smithsonian Institution Archives

Regent type

Representative and Vice-President (Republican)

State

Indiana

Notes

American National Biography. 24 volumes. Edited by John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999; Dictionary of American Biography. Volumes 1-20. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928-1936; Who Was Who in America. A component volume of "Who's Who in American History." Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Revised Edition. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1967.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

Regent Tenure: 12/19/1861-1862; 03/04/1869-03/04/1873

Topic

  • Legislators
  • Politicians
  • Regents
  • Indiana

Place

  • Indiana
  • United States

Form/Genre

Biographies

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