Much traveled lawyer and journalist who sat in Congress before the Civil War for Minnesota and for two terms after as the non-voting representative from Montana. Notorious for being the purported originator of the phrase, "The only good Indian is a dead Indian," during comments at the Capitol in May 1868. (By John Osborne)
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Life Summary
Full name
James Michael Cavanaugh
Place of Birth
Burial Place
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
Occupation
Politician
Attorney or Judge
Journalist
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Political Parties
Democratic
Government
US House of Representatives
