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Schuyler Colfax

(born March 23, 1823, New York, N.Y., U.S. — died Jan. 13, 1885, Mankato, Minn.) U.S. politician. He founded the St. Joseph Valley Register, which became one of Indiana's most influential newspapers during his editorship (1845 – 63). He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1854 – 69), where he served as speaker (1863 – 69) and a leader of the Radical Republicans. His vice presidency under Pres. Ulysses S. Grant (1869 – 73) was marred by his implication in the Crédit Mobilier scandal (1872).

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