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George Washington Julian (1817 - 1899)

George Washington Julian
Born in Centerville, Wayne, Indiana, United Statesmap
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Husband of — married 13 May 1845 [location unknown]
Husband of — married 31 Dec 1863 in Ashtabula, Ohio, United Statesmap
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Died at age 82 in Irvington, Marion, Indiana, United Statesmap
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George Washington Julian was a politician, lawyer, and writer from Indiana who served in the United States House of Representatives during the 19th century. A leading opponent of slavery, Julian was the Free Soil Party's candidate for vice president in the 1852 election and was a prominent Radical Republican during the American Civil War and the Reconstruction era.

Born in Wayne County, Indiana, he established a legal practice in Centerville, Indiana. He won election to the Indiana House of Representatives as a member of the Whig Party. He helped found the anti-slavery Free Soil Party and won election to the United States House of Representatives, but was defeated in his attempt to secure a second term. During his time in Congress, he became a staunch supporter of land reform policies such as the Homestead Acts. After leaving Congress, Julian served as the Free Soil Party's vice presidential nominee in 1852, and the ticket won 4.9% of the popular vote.

After the passage of the Kansas–Nebraska Act, Julian became a leader of Indiana's nascent Republican Party, and he won election to the United States House of Representatives in 1860. He helped secure passage of the 1862 Homestead Act and called for the abolition of slavery. He criticized many of President Abraham Lincoln's wartime policies and favored the Wade–Davis Bill over Lincoln's more lenient Reconstruction proposals. He voted in favor of the Thirteenth Amendment, which abolished slavery in the United States and famously feuded with Solomon Meredith, a fellow Hoosier and commander of the Union Army's Iron Brigade during his 1865 re-election campaign.

After the war, he emerged as a prominent critic of President Andrew Johnson, calling for Johnson's impeachment. Julian introduced a women's suffrage constitutional amendment in 1868. Julian lost his bid for re-nomination in 1870, and eventually resumed his legal practice in Indianapolis. He opposed the administration of President Ulysses S. Grant and became a leader of the Liberal Republicans. After Grant defeated Liberal Republican nominee Horace Greeley in the 1872 presidential election, Julian became a member of the Democratic Party. In 1885, President Grover Cleveland appointed him surveyor general of the New Mexico Territory. Julian was the son-in-law of Ohio politician Joshua Reed Giddings and the father of Grace Julian Clarke, a women's suffrage advocate.'

George was in an obituary on 8 July 1899 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. He died (age 82) on 7 July 1899 in Indianapolis.[1]

Sources

  1. Obituary: "U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current"
    The Baltimore Sun; Publication Date: 8 Jul 1899; Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA; [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115617586/obituary-for-george-washington-julian/ Clipping
    Ancestry Record 61843 #592594837 (accessed 1 January 2023)
    Name: George Washington Julian; Gender: Male; Death Age: 82; Birth Date: abt 1817; Residence Place: Indiana; Death Date: 7 Jul 1899; Death Place: Indianapolis; Obituary Date: 8 Jul 1899; Obituary Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Newspaper Title: The Baltimore Sun.
  • Wikipedia contributors. "George Washington Julian." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.
  • Death: "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935"
    Earlham College; Richmond, Indiana
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2189 #9256124 (accessed 1 January 2023)
    George W Julian death 7 Jul 1899 (born 5 May 1817), child of Isaac, in Wayne and Vicinity, Indiana.
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7183805/george-washington-julian : accessed 25 May 2022), memorial page for George Washington Julian (5 May 1817–7 Jul 1899), Find A Grave: Memorial #7183805, citing Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA ; Maintained by Find a Grave .
  • Marriage: "Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001"
    Indiana, Marriages, 1810-2001. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013; Page: 409; FHL Film Number: 001838643
    Ancestry Record 60282 #5182325 (accessed 1 January 2023)
    George W Julian marriage to Ann Elizabeth Finch on 13 May 1845 in Indiana, United States.
  • Marriage: "Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993"
    Marriage Records. Ohio Marriages. Various Ohio County Courthouses
    Ancestry Record 61378 #4259891 (accessed 1 January 2023)
    George W Julian marriage to Laura A. Giddings on 31 Dec 1863 in Ashtabula, Ohio, USA.


Acknowledgments

Thank you to Theresa Ellenwood for creating WikiTree profile Julian-304 through the import of AugustaMaeSprinklesAncestors.ged on Mar 5, 2013.

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