Thomas N. Stilwell Explained

Thomas Stilwell
Ambassador From:United States
Country:Venezuela
President:Andrew Johnson
Term Start:December 16, 1867
Term End:June 7, 1868
Predecessor:James Wilson
Successor:James R. Partridge
State2:Indiana
Term Start2:March 4, 1865
Term End2:March 3, 1867
Predecessor2:James F. McDowell
Successor2:John P. C. Shanks
State House3:Ohio
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Term Start3:1856
Term End3:1856
Birth Date:29 August 1830
Birth Place:Stillwell, Ohio, U.S.
Death Place:Anderson, Indiana, U.S
Branch:U.S. Army (Union Army)
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Thomas Neel Stilwell (August 29, 1830 – January 14, 1874) was an American lawyer, banker, and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1865 to 1867.

Biography

Born in Stillwell, Ohio, he attended Oxford and College Hill Colleges, where he studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1852 and began practice in Anderson, Indiana.

He served as member of the Ohio House of Representatives in 1856. He served in the 34th Indiana Infantry Regiment of the Union Army during the Civil War as a 1st Lieutenant and Regimental Quartermaster.

Congress

Stilwell was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867).

Later career and death

He acted as Minister Resident to Venezuela in 1867 and 1868.He served as president of the First National Bank of Anderson, Indiana, until his death.

He died in Anderson as the result of a gunshot wound January 14, 1874.He was interred in Maplewood Cemetery.