Courtland C. Matson

Courtland Cushing Matson
From 1889's The National Democratic Party: Its History, Principles, Achievements, and Aims
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
In office March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1889
Personal details
Born	(1841-04-25)April 25, 1841 Brookville, Indiana, U.S.
Died	September 4, 1915(1915-09-04) (aged 74) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Resting place	Forest Hill Cemetery Greencastle, Indiana, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	Indiana Asbury University
Occupation	Lawyer politician
Military career
Allegiance	United States
Service / branch	Union Army
Rank	Colonel
Unit	Sixteenth Regiment, Indiana Volunteers
Battles / wars	American Civil War

Courtland Cushing Matson (April 25, 1841 – September 4, 1915) was an American lawyer and Civil War veteran who served four terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1881 to 1889.

Courtland Cushing Matson was born on April 25, 1841, in Brookville, Indiana. Matson graduated from Indiana Asbury University (now De Pauw University) in 1862.^[1] He later studied law. He was admitted to the bar.^[1]

During the Civil War, Matson enlisted as a private in the Sixteenth Regiment, Indiana Volunteers. After one year's service entered the Sixth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Cavalry (Seventy-first Volunteers), and served until October 1865, and was subsequently promoted to the rank of colonel.^[1]

After the war, Matson studied law and commenced practice in Greencastle, Indiana. He was three times elected prosecuting attorney of Putnam County, Indiana. He served as chairman of the Democratic State central committee in 1878.^[1]

Matson was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-seventh and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1889). He served as chairman of the Committee on Invalid Pensions (Forty-eighth through Fiftieth Congresses). He was not a candidate for renomination. He was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Governor of Indiana in 1888.^[1]

He resumed the practice of law in Greencastle, Indiana. He served as member of the board of tax commissioners 1909–1913.^[1]

Matson died on September 4, 1915, in Chicago, Illinois. He was interred in Forest Hill Cemetery in Greencastle.^[1]

• United States Congress. "Courtland C. Matson (id: M000248)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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