Life span: 03/23/1823 to 01/13/1885TabsLife SummaryFull name: Schuyler ColfaxPlace of Birth: New York, NYBurial Place: South Bend, INBirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: NorthOrigins: Free StateNo. of Spouses: 2No. of Children: 1Family: Schuyler Colfax, Sr. (father), Hannah Delameter Stryker Colfax (mother), Evelyn Clark (first wife - died 1863), Ella M. Wade (second wife) Occupation: PoliticianJournalistOtherOther Occupation: LecturerRelation to Slavery: White non-slaveholderPolitical Parties: WhigRepublicanOther Affiliations: MasonsGovernment: Grant Administration (1869-77)US House of RepresentativesState legislatureLocal government Note Cards Schuyler Colfax (Congressional Biographical Directory) ReferenceCOLFAX, Schuyler, a Representative from Indiana and a Vice President of the United States; born in New York City March 23, 1823; attended the common schools; in 1836 moved with his parents to New Carlisle, Ind.; appointed deputy auditor of St. Joseph County 1841; became a legislative correspondent for the Indiana State Journal; purchased an interest in the South Bend Free Press and changed its name in 1845 to the St. Joseph Valley Register, the Whig organ of northern Indiana; member of the State constitutional convention in 1850; unsuccessful Whig candidate for election to the Thirty-second Congress; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-fourth and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1869); chairman, Committee on Post Office and Post Roads (Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses); was not a candidate for renomination in 1868, having become the Republican nominee for Vice President; Speaker of the House of Representatives (Thirty-eighth, Thirty-ninth, and Fortieth Congresses); elected Vice President of the United States on the Republican ticket headed by Gen. Ulysses Grant in 1868, was inaugurated March 4, 1869, and served until March 3, 1873; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1872, owing to charges of corruption in connection with the Credit Mobilier of America scandal; lecturer; died in Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn., January 13, 1885; interment in City Cemetery, South Bend, Ind."Colfax, Schuyler," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000626. Events Date span begin Life span End Event 12/07/1863 12/07/1863 The 38th Congress opens in Washington, DC 12/08/1863 12/21/1863 The first session of the 38th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC 01/07/1864 07/03/1864 The first session of the 38th Congress is sitting in Washington DC from early January to early July, 1864 04/14/1864 04/14/1864 In Congress, Representative Long of Ohio is censured for suggesting the recognition of the Confederacy 07/04/1864 07/04/1864 The first session of the 38th Congress ends in Washington DC 12/05/1864 12/05/1864 The second session of the 38th Congress opens in Washington, DC 01/07/1865 03/02/1865 Second session of the 38th Congress sitting in Washington DC from early January to early March, 1865 03/03/1865 03/03/1865 The 38th Congress comes to the end of its term in Washington DC 05/01/1865 05/01/1865 Reaching his home state, President Lincoln's remains arrive in Chicago to a remarkable reception 12/04/1865 12/04/1865 On an unseasonably warm day, the 39th Congress opens in Washington, DC 12/05/1865 12/19/1865 The first session of the 39th Congress is sitting at the capital from December 4 to December 21, 1865 12/14/1865 12/14/1865 In Washington D.C., the House names its nine members of the new Joint Committee on Reconstruction 01/06/1866 01/06/1866 As Chile and Peru face Spain, a large public meeting is held in New York in support of the Monroe Doctrine 01/07/1866 07/27/1866 The first session of the 39th Congress is sitting in Washington DC from early January to late July, 1866 02/06/1866 02/06/1866 In Washington, the House of Representatives passes the Freedmen's Bureau Bill 03/13/1866 03/13/1866 At the U.S. Capitol, the House of Representatives passes the Civil Rights Bill of 1866 04/09/1866 04/09/1866 In Washington, House of Representatives votes to overturn the presidential veto of the Civil Rights Bill 07/28/1866 07/28/1866 The first session of the 39th Congress ends in Washington DC 12/03/1866 12/03/1866 The second session of the 39th Congress opens in Washington, DC 12/04/1866 12/19/1866 The second session of the 39th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC 12/20/1866 01/02/1867 The second session of the 39th Congress is in a two-week holiday recess until January 4, 1867 01/04/1867 03/02/1867 The second session of the 39th Congress is sitting in Washington DC from early January to early March. 03/03/1867 03/03/1867 The 39th Congress comes to the end of its term in Washington DC 03/04/1867 03/30/1867 The Fortieth Congress is sitting in its first term in Washington DC 03/31/1867 07/02/1867 The Fortieth Congress is in recess from its first session in Washington DC 07/21/1867 11/20/1867 The Fortieth Congress is in recess from its first session in Washington DC 11/21/1867 12/01/1867 The Fortieth Congress is sitting and closing out its first session in Washington DC 12/02/1867 12/20/1867 The Fortieth Congress is sitting in its first meeting of its second session in Washington DC 03/04/1869 03/04/1869 The 41st Congress of the United States opens in Washington, DC 03/04/1869 03/04/1869 Ulysses Grant takes the oath as the eighteenth President of the United States at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC Major TopicsRepublican PartyThirty-Seventh Congress of the United StatesThirty-Eighth Congress of the United StatesThirty-Ninth Congress of the United StatesFortieth Congress of the United States Documents Author Docs Date Title 08/25/1858 Schuyler Colfax to Abraham Lincoln, August 25, 1858 05/30/1860 Schuyler Colfax to Abraham Lincoln, May 30, 1860 Subject Docs Date Title 09/20/1859 Lowell (MA) Citizen & News, “A Burning Speech,” September 20, 1859 06/12/1860 Richard W. Thompson to Abraham Lincoln, June 12, 1860 06/18/1861 Chillicothe (OH) Scioto Gazette, “The Plans of General Scott,” June 18, 1861 07/19/1861 Chicago (IL) Tribune, “A Good Idea,” July 19, 1861 04/09/1866 An Act to protect all Persons in the United States in their Civil Rights, and to furnish the means for their Vindication, April 9, 1866 Images Schulyer Colfax, detail Schuyler Colfax, Brady image Schuyler Colfax, Brady image, detail Bibliography Chicago Style Entry Link Smith, Willard Harvey. The Life and Times of Hon. Schuyler Colfax. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Bureau, 1952. View Record Brisbin, James S. The Campaign Lives of Ulysses S. Grant, and Schuyler Colfax. Cincinnati: C.F. Vent & Co., 1868. View Record
Schuyler Colfax (Congressional Biographical Directory) ReferenceCOLFAX, Schuyler, a Representative from Indiana and a Vice President of the United States; born in New York City March 23, 1823; attended the common schools; in 1836 moved with his parents to New Carlisle, Ind.; appointed deputy auditor of St. Joseph County 1841; became a legislative correspondent for the Indiana State Journal; purchased an interest in the South Bend Free Press and changed its name in 1845 to the St. Joseph Valley Register, the Whig organ of northern Indiana; member of the State constitutional convention in 1850; unsuccessful Whig candidate for election to the Thirty-second Congress; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-fourth and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1869); chairman, Committee on Post Office and Post Roads (Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses); was not a candidate for renomination in 1868, having become the Republican nominee for Vice President; Speaker of the House of Representatives (Thirty-eighth, Thirty-ninth, and Fortieth Congresses); elected Vice President of the United States on the Republican ticket headed by Gen. Ulysses Grant in 1868, was inaugurated March 4, 1869, and served until March 3, 1873; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1872, owing to charges of corruption in connection with the Credit Mobilier of America scandal; lecturer; died in Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn., January 13, 1885; interment in City Cemetery, South Bend, Ind."Colfax, Schuyler," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000626.
