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jeremiah sullivan -lrb- indiana supreme court portrait -rrb- john mckinney samuel perkins 6 december 1870 harrisonburg , virginia madison , indiana algernon sydney sullivan jeremiah c. sullivan thomas crook sullivan 150px presbyterian indiana supreme court justice 21 june 1794 may 29 , 1837 jsullivan.jpg jeremiah sullivan
 january 21 , 1846 jeremiah sullivan lawyer the college of william & mary
jeremiah sullivan

jeremiah c. sullivan -lrb- july 21 , 1794 -- december 6 , 1870 -rrb- was a justice of the indiana supreme court from 1836 -- 1846 and coined the name `` indianapolis '' for the new state capital .
jeremiah sullivan 's father , thomas littleton sullivan , was the son of an irish barrister and emigrated from charleville , county cork , ireland , in 1791 to augusta county , virginia .
jeremiah began his studies at the college of william & mary in virginia .
after serving in the war of 1812 , during which he rose to the rank of major , he returned to virginia to study law .
he was admitted to the virginia bar in 1816 .
believing that there was more opportunity in the newly opened west , he ventured out to louisville , kentucky .
on his way , he was told of the opportunities offered by madison , indiana , a new and growing town on the banks of the ohio river .
he built his home in 1818 and from this base went on to carve a career as state legislator , state supreme court judge , county judge , presbyterian elder , and mason .
he helped found nearby hanover college and the indiana historical society .
jeremiah sullivan 's public career was immediately successful .
jonathan jennings , the first governor of indiana , quickly appointed him prosecuting attorney in madison and within three years of his arrival he was elected a member of the state legislature .
while in the general assembly , he gave indianapolis its name .
he was a member of the supreme court of indiana from 1836 to 1846 .
in 1869 , a criminal court was created for jefferson county , and he was appointed judge .
judge sullivan 's house , the jeremiah sullivan house , in madison , is acknowledged to have been the first brick mansion built in the northwest territory .
it is now on tour and is a component of the madison historic district .
among his sons were algernon sydney sullivan , founder of the sullivan & cromwell law firm in new york , and jeremiah c. sullivan and thomas crook sullivan , civil war generals .
