George Washington Julian
| George Washington Julian | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 4th and 5th district |
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In office March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1871 |
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| Preceded by |
Caleb Blood Smith David Kilgore William S. Holman |
| Succeeded by |
Samuel W. Parker John Coburn Jeremiah M. Wilson |
| Member of the Indiana House of Representatives | |
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In office 1845 |
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May 5, 1817 Centerville, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | July 7, 1899 (aged 82) Irvington, Indiana, U.S. |
| Political party | Whig, Free-Soil, Republican, Liberal Republican, and Democrat |
| Spouse(s) | Anne Elizabeth Finch (m. 1845–60) Laura Giddings Julian (m. 1863–84) |
| Children | Edward, Louis, Frederick, Grace, and Paul |
| Profession | Politician, lawyer, writer |
| Religion | Quaker, Unitarian |
George Washington Julian (May 5, 1817 – July 7, 1899) was a nineteenth-century politician, lawyer, and writer from Indiana who served in the state legislature and was elected to five terms in the U.S. Congress. He was one of the leading opponents of slavery and voted in favor of the Thirteenth Amendment, which abolished slavery in the United States. Julian was the Free Soil Party's candidate for vice president in 1852 election and a noted Radical Republican during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era. In addition, Julian was a social reformer who introduced the first federal suffrage amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1868. He was also a staunch supporter of land reform. President Grover Cleveland appointed him surveyor general of the New Mexico territory in 1885. Julian was the son-in-law of Ohio politician Joshua Reed Giddings and the father of Grace Julian Clarke, a women's suffrage advocate.
George Washington Julian was born on May 5, 1817, near Centerville, in Wayne County, Indiana. His Quaker parents, Isaac and Rebecca Julian, had come to Indiana from North Carolina. Isaac died when George was six years old, leaving Rebecca to raise six children.
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