John P. C. Shanks
John Peter Cleaver Shanks | |
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United States of America Union | |
Service/ | Union Army |
Rank | Colonel Brevet Major General |
Commands held | 7th Indiana Cavalry Regiment |
Battles/wars | American Civil War |
John Peter Cleaver Shanks (June 17, 1826 – January 23, 1901) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1867 to 1875 and an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Biography
Born in Martinsburg, Virginia (now West Virginia), Shanks pursued an academic course. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1848 and commenced practice in Portland, Indiana, in 1849. He served as prosecuting attorney of Jay County in 1850 and 1851 and served as member of the State house of representatives in 1855.
Shanks was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1862 to the Thirty-eighth Congress.
During the
On December 3, 1867, President Andrew Johnson nominated Shanks for appointment to the grade of brevet major general of volunteers, to rank from March 13, 1865, and the United States Senate confirmed the appointment on February 14, 1868.[3]
Shanks was elected to the Fortieth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1875) and served as chairman of the Committee on Militia (Forty-first Congress) and the Committee on Indian Affairs (Forty-second Congress).
Shanks was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1874. He resumed the practice of his profession. He was again a member of the State house of representatives in 1879.
Shanks died in Portland, Indiana, January 23, 1901 and was interred in Green Park Cemetery.
See also
Notes
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8047-3641-1. p. 757.
- ^ Eicher, 2001, p. 757.
- ^ Eicher, 2001, p. 714.
References
- Eicher, John H., and ISBN 978-0-8047-3641-1.
- United States Congress. "John P. C. Shanks (id: S000284)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2008-11-05
External links
- "John P. C. Shanks". Find a Grave. Retrieved 2008-11-05.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress