Wallace, David
educator, lawyer, jurist, state legislator, congressman, was born April 4, 1799, in Lancaster, Pa. In 1828 he was a member of the Indiana legislature; was elected lieutenant-governor of the state in 1830 and in 1833. He was governor of the state from 1837 to 1840; was a representative in congress from Indiana from 1841 to 1843 and subsequently was prosecuting attorney for the state. In 1856 he was elected judge of the court of common pleas at Indianapolis. He died Sept. 5, 1859, in Indianapolis, Ind.