Schuyler Colfax
US Vice President
1823 – 1885
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Who was Schuyler Colfax?
Schuyler Colfax, Jr. was a United States Representative from Indiana, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the 17th Vice President of the United States. To date, he is one of only two Americans to have served as both House speaker and vice president.
President Ulysses S. Grant and Colfax, 46 and 45 respectively at the time of their inauguration, were the youngest Presidential team until the inauguration of Bill Clinton and Al Gore in 1993.
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- Born
- Mar 23, 1823
New York City - Spouses
- Ellen Maria Colfax
- Evelyn Clark
(1844/10/10 - )
- Ethnicity
- Caucasian race
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- New York City
- Died
- Jan 13, 1885
Mankato
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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