GRESHAM, WALTER QUINTON

(1832-95), statesman and jurist; 6. Harrison County, Ind.; d. Washington, D.O. He studied at the Indiana State University, read law in Corydon, Ind., and was admitted to the bar in 1853. He served with distinction in the Civil War as lieutenant colonel of an Indiana regiment, being promoted by Grant and placed in charge of a brigade at Vicksburg. He also commanded a division in Sherman’s march to the sea, and in 1864 retired as major-general of volunteers after being seriously wounded and disabled from service. In 1869 he was appointed a judge of the federal circuit court and in 1882 became postmaster-general. Two years later he was Secretary of the Treasury for a brief period, and again became a _ circuit judge. In 1893 President Cleveland, made him his Secretary of State.