Thomas Jefferson Cason was a U.S. Representative

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 from Indiana

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Born near Brownsville, Indiana

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, Cason moved to Boone County with his parents, who settled on a farm near Thorntown in 1832.
He attended the common schools.
He taught school in Boone County for several years.
He studied law in Crawfordsville, Indiana

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He was admitted to the bar

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 in 1850 and commenced practice in Lebanon, Indiana

Lebanon, Indiana

Lebanon is a city in and the county seat of Boone County, Indiana, United States. The population was 15,792 at the 2010 census. The city was named Lebanon because a stand of hickory trees on the site reminded one of the town's commissioners of the Biblical cedars of Lebanon...

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He served as member of the State house of representatives 1861-1864.
He served as member of the State senate 1864-1867.
He was appointed by Governor Conrad Baker

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 common pleas judge of Boone County in April 1867 and was subsequently elected to the same office in October 1867 for a term of four years.
He declined reelection and resumed the practice of law.

Cason was elected as a Republican

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 to the Forty-third

43rd United States Congress

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 and Forty-fourth

44th United States Congress

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 Congresses (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1877).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1876.
He resumed the practice of law in Lebanon, Indiana

Lebanon, Indiana

Lebanon is a city in and the county seat of Boone County, Indiana, United States. The population was 15,792 at the 2010 census. The city was named Lebanon because a stand of hickory trees on the site reminded one of the town's commissioners of the Biblical cedars of Lebanon...

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He retired in 1897 and moved to Washington, D.C.

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, where he died July 10, 1901.
He was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery, Lebanon, Indiana

Lebanon, Indiana

Lebanon is a city in and the county seat of Boone County, Indiana, United States. The population was 15,792 at the 2010 census. The city was named Lebanon because a stand of hickory trees on the site reminded one of the town's commissioners of the Biblical cedars of Lebanon...

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