# Charles Case

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{{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](/source/Indiana)
|district    = {{ushr|IN|10|10th}}
|term_start  = December 7, 1857
|term_end    = March 3, 1861
|predecessor = [Samuel Brenton](/source/Samuel_Brenton)
|successor   = [William Mitchell](/source/William_Mitchell_(congressman))
|birth_date  = {{birth date|1817|12|21}}
|birth_place = [Austinburg, Ohio](/source/Austinburg%2C_Ohio), U.S.
|death_date  = {{death date and age|1883|6|30|1817|12|21}}
|death_place = [Washington County, Iowa](/source/Washington_County%2C_Iowa), U.S
|party       = [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States))
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|education   = 
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|branch      = [Union Army](/source/Union_Army)
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|rank        = 30px [Major](/source/Major_(United_States))
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|battles     = {{tree list}}
* [American Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War)
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'''Charles Case''' (December 21, 1817 – June 30, 1883) was an American lawyer who served two terms as a [U.S. representative](/source/U.S._representative) from [Indiana](/source/Indiana) from 1857 to 1861.

==Biography==
Case was born in [Austinburg, Ohio](/source/Austinburg%2C_Ohio); studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in [Fort Wayne](/source/Fort_Wayne), [Indiana](/source/Indiana).

===Congress ===
He was elected as a [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) to the [Thirty-fifth United States Congress](/source/Thirty-fifth_United_States_Congress) to fill the vacancy caused by the death of '''[Samuel Brenton](/source/Samuel_Brenton)'''; reelected to the [Thirty-sixth United States Congress](/source/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](/source/Thirty-seventh_United_States_Congress).

===Later career and death ===
During the [Civil War](/source/American_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.](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.)

He died in Brighton, [Washington County, Iowa](/source/Washington_County%2C_Iowa); interment in the [Congressional Cemetery](/source/Congressional_Cemetery), [Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.)<ref>{{CongBio|C000219}}</ref>

==Footnotes==
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==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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