Simeon Kalfius Wolfe was a U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from Indiana

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Born near Georgetown, Indiana

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, Wolfe attended Floyd County schools, and was graduated from the law department of Indiana University in 1850.
He was admitted to the bar

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 in 1851 and commenced practice in Corydon, Indiana

Corydon, Indiana

Corydon is a town in Harrison Township, Harrison County, Indiana, United States, founded in 1808, and is known as Indiana's First State Capital. After Vincennes, Corydon was the second capital of the Indiana Territory from May 1, 1813, until December 11, 1816. After statehood, the town was the...

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Edited and published the Corydon Democrat from 1857 to 1865.
He served as member of the State senate 1860-1864.
He served as delegate to the Democratic National Conventions at Charleston and Baltimore in 1860.
He moved to New Albany in 1870 and continued the practice of law.

Wolfe was elected as a Democrat

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 to the Forty-third

43rd United States Congress

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 Congress (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1875).
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1874.
He resumed the practice of law.
He served as judge of the Floyd and Clark circuit court 1880-1884.
He died in New Albany, Indiana

New Albany, Indiana

New Albany is a city in Floyd County, Indiana, United States, situated along the Ohio River opposite Louisville, Kentucky. In 1900, 20,628 people lived in New Albany; in 1910, 20,629; in 1920, 22,992; and in 1940, 25,414. The population was 36,372 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of...

, November 18, 1888.
He was interred in Fairview Cemetery.