. Indiana and Indianans : a history of aboriginal and territorial Indiana and the century of statehood . arolina; and atthe age of 19 went to Tennessee; where he taught school for a time, andthen read law with Hugh Lawson White, one of the most eminentlawyers of his day. At twenty-seven he was elected to the Tennesseesenate, where he became an intimate friend of Gen. Sam Houston, thenGovernor of the State. In 1828 he was put on the electoral ticket as apersonal friend of Gen. Jackson. In 1830 he came to Indiana, andpracticed law at Bloomington, and later at Rockville. He had success-ively as p
. Indiana and Indianans : a history of aboriginal and territorial Indiana and the century of statehood . arolina; and atthe age of 19 went to Tennessee; where he taught school for a time, andthen read law with Hugh Lawson White, one of the most eminentlawyers of his day. At twenty-seven he was elected to the Tennesseesenate, where he became an intimate friend of Gen. Sam Houston, thenGovernor of the State. In 1828 he was put on the electoral ticket as apersonal friend of Gen. Jackson. In 1830 he came to Indiana, andpracticed law at Bloomington, and later at Rockville. He had success-ively as partners. Gov. James Whitcomb, Judge Wm. P. Bryant, and 426 INDIANA AND INDIANANS Gov. Josepli A. Wrigrht. In 1832 he was appointed U. S. District At-torney, ami lield that position until 1839, when he was elected to 1842 he was the Democratic condidate for U. S. Senator before thepeople, and his party carried the legislature. He received all of the partyvote but three, and it was said that he might have had them by apromise of official appointment, which he declined to make. Possibly his. Gov. S.\MUEL Bigger(From portrait by Jacob Cox) defeat was due to his pronounced stand against a high tariff and theUnited States Bank, on which subjects he publicly refused any com-promise. Bigger made no headway in getting out of the internal improvementtangle, which had involved the State in a debt of thirteen millions, onwhich it could not even pay the interest; and in 1843 he was defeatedby James Whitcomb. In this election church influence was powerful INDIANA AND INDIANANS 427 for the first time in Indiana. Bigger was a Presbyterian elder; also abass singer, and choir leader, and a violinist of some ability. Wliiteombwas an equally zealous Methodist, a class-leader, and an even betterviolinist than his opponent. It was charged that in some legislation con-cerning the establishment of Asbury (now DePauw) University, Biggerhad said that the Methodist church did not need an educ
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