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Courtland C. Matson

American attorney and politician (1841–1915)

Summary

American attorney and politician (1841–1915)

Field	Value
name	Courtland Cushing Matson
image	Courtland C. Matson (Indiana Congressman).jpg
caption	From 1889's The National Democratic Party: Its History, Principles, Achievements, and Aims
office	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
term_start	March 4, 1881
term_end	March 3, 1889
birth_date
birth_place	Brookville, Indiana, U.S.
death_date
death_place	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
resting_place	Forest Hill Cemetery
Greencastle, Indiana, U.S.
party	Democratic
alma_mater	Indiana Asbury University
occupation
module	{{Infobox military person	embed=yes
allegiance	United States
branch	Union Army
unit	Sixteenth Regiment, Indiana Volunteers
rank	Colonel
battles	American Civil War

Greencastle, Indiana, U.S. Courtland Cushing Matson (April 25, 1841 – September 4, 1915) was an American lawyer and Civil War veteran who served four terms as a U.S. representative from Indiana from 1881 to 1889.

Early life

Courtland Cushing Matson was born on April 25, 1841, in Brookville, Indiana. Matson graduated from Indiana Asbury University (now De Pauw University) in 1862. He later studied law. He was admitted to the bar.

Career

During the Civil War, Matson enlisted as a private in the Sixteenth Regiment, Indiana Volunteers. After one year's service entered the Sixth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Cavalry (Seventy-first Volunteers), and served until October 1865, and was subsequently promoted to the rank of colonel.

After the war, Matson studied law and commenced practice in Greencastle, Indiana. He was three times elected prosecuting attorney of Putnam County, Indiana. He served as chairman of the Democratic State central committee in 1878.

Congress

Matson was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-seventh and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1889). He served as chairman of the Committee on Invalid Pensions (Forty-eighth through Fiftieth Congresses). He was not a candidate for renomination. He was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Governor of Indiana in 1888.

Later career

He resumed the practice of law in Greencastle, Indiana. He served as member of the board of tax commissioners 1909–1913.

Personal life

Matson died on September 4, 1915, in Chicago, Illinois. He was interred in Forest Hill Cemetery in Greencastle.

References

"Matson, Courtland Cushing". [[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]].

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