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Gullett, Alexander

soldier, lawyer, miner, was born June 26, 1845, near Union City, Ind. In 1862 he enlisted in company F, sixty-ninth regiment Indiana volunteer infantry, and was honorably discharged as corporal on July 5, 1865. He served with distinction and was wounded at Thompson's Hill, in rear of Vicksburg.

After the war he was engaged in educational work and subsequently admitted to the bar. In 1874 he became prosecuting attorney for the counties of Randolph and Delaware, Ind.; and practiced law at Winchester until 1880. He then moved to Colorado and has since been successfully engaged in the practice of law at Gunni- He is a prominent leader in the republican party, was a delegate to the national republican convention in 1884, and chairman of the republican state convention in 1890. In 1896 he received the nomination for attorney-general. son.

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