lieutenant death_date children birth_date term_end death_place profession order term_start spouse image name predecessor birth_place party office governor successor article_title
david hills 4 september 1859 ten , notably lew wallace april 24 , 1799 december march 3 , 1843 9 , 1840 december 6 , 1837 1831 indianapolis , indiana soldier , attorney , politician , judge 6th 6th december march 4 , 1841 6 , 1837 december 7 , 1831 1828 esther french test zerelda gray sanders gov david wallace portrait.jpg david wallace noah noble milton stapp william w. wick lewistown , pennsylvania whig governor of representatives member of the u.s. house of representatives from of indiana 's 6th district indiana lieutenant governor of indiana indiana house noah noble samuel bigger david hills john w. davis david wallace -lrb- indiana politician -rrb-

david wallace -lrb- indiana politician -rrb-

david wallace -lrb- april 24 , 1799 -- september 4 , 1859 -rrb- was the sixth governor of the us state of indiana .
the panic of 1837 occurred just before his election and the previous administration , which he had been part of , had taken on a large public debt .
during his term the state entered a severe financial crisis that crippled the state 's internal improvement projects .
he advocated several measures to delay the inevitable insolvency of the state .
because of his connection to the internal improvement platform , his party refused to nominate him to run for a second term .
the situation continued to detriorate rapidly and led to state bankruptcy in his successor 's term .
after his term as governor , he became a congressman , then chairman of the indiana whig party before becoming a state judge , a position he held until his death .
