Colfax

Schuyler, an American statesman; born in New York, March 23, 1823; removed in 1836 to Indiana, where in 1845 he acquired a newspaper at South Bend. He was a delegate to the Whig conventions of 1848 and 1852; was elected to Congre in 1854, by the newly-formed Republican party, and reélected until 1869, ae thrice chosen Speaker; and in 18 he was elected vice-president of the United States, in Grant’s first term. He spent the remainder of his life in political retirement, making public appearances only on the lecture platform, and died in Mankato, Minn., Jan. 18, 1885. He was the founder of the Daughters of Rebekah branch of American Odd Fellowship.