Schuyler Colfax

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Schuyler Colfax was an American politician who served as the 17th vice president of the United States and a prominent Republican leader during the Reconstruction era.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf American politician
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
Vice President of the United States
human
burialPlace South Bend City Cemetery
causeOfDeath heart attack
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1823-03-23
dateOfDeath 1885-01-13
familyName Colfax
givenName Schuyler
honoredIn Colfax County, Nebraska
Colfax County, New Mexico
town of Colfax, Indiana
knownFor leading Radical Republicans in the House during the Civil War and Reconstruction
serving as vice president during Ulysses S. Grant’s first term
languageSpoken English
memberOfPoliticalParty Know Nothing Party
Republican Party
Whig Party
movement Reconstruction-era Republicanism
notableEvent involved in the Crédit Mobilier of America scandal
notableWork editor and owner of the St. Joseph Valley Register
occupation journalist
politician
placeOfBirth New York City
placeOfDeath Mankato, Minnesota
positionHeld 17th Vice President of the United States
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
precededBy Andrew Johnson as Vice President of the United States
Galusha A. Grow as Speaker of the House
religion Methodism
represented Indiana
representedIn United States House of Representatives
residence South Bend, Indiana
servedUnder Ulysses S. Grant
sexOrGender male
spouse Ellen Maria Wade
Evelyn Clark Colfax
succeededBy Henry Wilson as Vice President of the United States
James G. Blaine as Speaker of the House
termEnd as Speaker of the House: 1869-03-03
as Vice President: 1873-03-04
termStart as Speaker of the House: 1863-12-07
as Vice President: 1869-03-04
vicePresidentOf United States of America

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