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Gresham, Walter Quinton

soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born March 17, 1832, near Lanesville, Ind. He entered the union army in 1861 as lieutenantcolonel; and was brevetted a major-general. He was financial agent of Indiana at New York city from 1867 to 1869, when he was appointed United States district judge for the district of Indiana, in which capacity he served until 1883, when he was appointed postmaster-general in the cabinet of President Arthur. In 1884 he was appointed United States circuit judge for the seventh judicial circuit.