Schuyler Colfax

17th Vice President
Political Party	Republican
Term 	March 4, 1869 - March 4, 1873  (45-49)
President 	Ulysses S. Grant
Predecessor 	Andrew Johnson
Successor 	Henry Wilson
Full Name 	Schuyler Colfax Jr.
Birth 	
March 23, 1823
New York City, New York
Father 	Schuyler Colfax  (1792-1822)
Mother 	Hannah Delameter Stryker  (1805-1872)
Sisters 	Mary Colfax  (1821-1823)
Occupation	
29th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives  (1863-1869)
Representative from Indiana's 9th District  (1855-1869)
Founder of the International Association of Rebekah Assemblies  (1851)
Delegate to the National Whig Party Convention  (1849)
Author
Newspaper owner and editor
Shop worker
Death 	
January 13, 1885
Mankato, Minnesota
(61 years)
Marriages
Evelyn Clark  (1823-1863) 	
Married October 10, 1844
Widowed July 2, 1863
(18 years)
Ellen Maria Wade  (1836-1911)	
Married November 18, 1868
(16 years)
Children
Schuyler Colfax III
(m.1903 Catherine Hibbins)	
Born 1870
Died 1932
(62 years)