Godlove Stein Orth was a U.S. House representative from Indiana

Indiana

Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...

 and acting-Lieutenant Governor of Indiana

Lieutenant Governor of Indiana

The Lieutenant Governor of Indiana is a constitutional office in the US State of Indiana. Republican Becky Skillman, whose term expires in January 2013, is the incumbent...

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Biography

He was born near Lebanon County, Pennsylvania on April 22, 1817. He attended Pennsylvania College at Gettysburg for about one year and then studied law with the office of James Cooper. He entered the bar in 1839.

His political career started with public speeches in 1840 supporting William Henry Harrison

William Henry Harrison

William Henry Harrison was the ninth President of the United States , an American military officer and politician, and the first president to die in office. He was 68 years, 23 days old when elected, the oldest president elected until Ronald Reagan in 1980, and last President to be born before the...

 for president. He started as a Whig

Whig Party (United States)

The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...

 but as that party diminished in power he switched. For a time he was the Indiana leader of the Know-Nothings (called the American Party) and later aligned himself with the Republican Party

Republican Party (United States)

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He served in the Indiana Senate 1843-1849, acting-Lieutenant Governor of Indiana 1845, U.S. House representative from Indiana 1863-1871 from 1873 to 1875 and 1879-1882.

Orth was married twice, and had a daughter and two sons.

He died in office in December 1882, just after losing a re-election bid to Thomas B. Ward

Thomas B. Ward

Thomas Bayless Ward was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Marysville, Ohio, Ward moved with his parents to La Fayette, Indiana, in May 1836....

, in Lafayette, Indiana

Lafayette, Indiana

Lafayette is a city in and the county seat of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States, northwest of Indianapolis. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 67,140. West Lafayette, on the other side of the Wabash River, is home to Purdue University, which has a large impact on...

 and is interred at Greenbush Cemetery Lafayette, Indiana.

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