Cavanaugh, James Michael

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)

Life Span
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    Full name
    James Michael Cavanaugh
    Place of Birth
    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
    How to Cite This Page: "Cavanaugh, James Michael," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/index.php/node/47399.