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Daniel Webster Comstock
1840–1917
A lawyer, judge, Civil War veteran, and Indiana politician, he spent decades in public service before a brief final term in the U.S. House of Representatives. His life traces a path from local law practice to state and national office in the years after the Civil War.
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Ninth Cavalry: One Hundred and Twenty-first Regiment Indiana Volunteers
by Daniel Webster Comstock
About the author
Born in Montgomery County, Ohio, on December 16, 1840, he graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1860, studied law, and began practicing in New Castle, Indiana, in 1861. During the Civil War he enlisted in the Ninth Indiana Cavalry, serving from private to captain before returning to civilian life.
After the war, he built a long career in Indiana law and politics. He served as prosecuting attorney, sat in the Indiana Senate, and later became a judge of the state's 18th judicial circuit, earning a reputation as a steady public servant.
In 1916 he was elected as a Republican to the U.S. House of Representatives and took office on March 4, 1917. His time in Congress was short: he died in Washington, D.C., on May 19, 1917, only a few months into his term.