OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
Caleb Blood Smith

BORN:
April 16, 1808
Boston, Massachusetts

DIED:
January 7, 1864 (age 55)
Indianapolis, Indiana

EDUCATION:
Attended Miami University in Oxford, Ohio
Cincinnati College (now University of Cincinnati)
Read Law

POLITICAL PARTY:
Whig (before 1854)
Republican (from 1854)

HIGHLIGHTS: 
1814:
Moved to Ohio
1828:
Admitted to the Bar,
Began Practicing Law in Connersville, Indiana
1832:
Founder and Editor of the Indiana Sentinel 
1833-1837, 1840-1841:
Member, Indiana House of Representatives
1836:
Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives
1837:
Commissioner to Collect Assets and Adjust Debts, Indiana 
1843-1849:
U.S. House of Representatives (Whig-Indiana)
1849-1851:
Appointed by President Zachary Taylor to serve on a commission investigate claims of American citizens against Mexico 
1851-1859:
Practiced Law in Cincinnati, Ohio
1861:
Member of the Peace Convention in Washington, DC 
1861-1863:
U.S. Secretary of the Interior
1862-1864:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Indiana 

RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
Lehrman Institute
Wikipedia

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