{{Short description|American politician}} {{about|the American judge|U.S. federal bankruptcy court judge|Charles G. Case II}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Charles Case |image = CharlesCase.jpg |state = Indiana |district = {{ushr|IN|10|10th}} |term_start = December 7, 1857 |term_end = March 3, 1861 |predecessor = Samuel Brenton |successor = William Mitchell |birth_date = {{birth date|1817|12|21}} |birth_place = Austinburg, Ohio, U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|1883|6|30|1817|12|21}} |death_place = Washington County, Iowa, U.S |party = Republican |other_party = |education = |profession = |spouse = |branch = Union Army |allegiance = |rank = 30px Major |unit = |battles = {{tree list}} * American Civil War {{tree list/end}} |awards = }} '''Charles Case''' (December 21, 1817 – June 30, 1883) was an American lawyer who served two terms as a U.S. representative from Indiana from 1857 to 1861.

==Biography== Case was born in Austinburg, Ohio; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

===Congress === He was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of '''Samuel Brenton'''; reelected to the Thirty-sixth United States Congress and served from December 7, 1857, to March 3, 1861; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1860 to the Thirty-seventh United States Congress.

===Later career and death === During the Civil War, he served as first lieutenant and adjutant of the Forty-fourth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry; subsequently became a major in the Third Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Cavalry, and served from November 26, 1861, - August 15, 1862.

He later resumed the practice of his profession in Washington, D.C.

He died in Brighton, Washington County, Iowa; interment in the Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.<ref>{{CongBio|C000219}}</ref>

==Footnotes== {{reflist|2}}

==Further reading==

* Peggy Seigel, "Charles Case: A Radical Republican in the Irrepressible Conflict," ''Indiana Magazine of History,'' vol. 107, no. 4 (Dec. 2011), pp.&nbsp;327–360. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5378/indimagahist.107.4.0327 In JSTOR]

==External links== * {{Find a Grave|7371809}}

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