He purchased an interest in the South Bend Free Press, changing its name in 1845 to the St. Joseph Valley Register, the most influential journal of the Whig party in northern Indiana.
He purchased an interest in the South Bend Free Press, changing its name in 1845 to the St. Joseph Valley Register, the most influential journal of the Whig party in northern Indiana. Elected to the House of Representatives in 1854 by the new Republican Party, he served as Speaker of the House for three terms. His unsuccessful 1872 bid for his most famous position was due largely to his involvement in the Crédit Mobilier scandal. FTP, identify this seventeenth Vice President who served during the first term of U.S. Grant.
He purchased an interest in the South Bend Free Press, changing its name in 1845 to the St. Joseph Valley Register, the most influential journal of the Whig party in northern Indiana.
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