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William Cumback
16th Lieutenant Governor of Indiana
In office January 23, 1867 – January 13, 1873 Acting: January 23, 1867 – January 11, 1869
Governor	Conrad Baker
Preceded by	Conrad Baker
Succeeded by	Leonidas Sexton
Member of the Indiana Senate from Decatur County
In office January 10, 1867 – January 7, 1869
Preceded by	D. R. VanBuskirk
Succeeded by	W. J. Robinson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 4th district
In office March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
Preceded by	James H. Lane
Succeeded by	James B. Foley
Personal details
Born	(1829-03-24)March 24, 1829 Mount Carmel, Indiana, U.S.
Died	July 31, 1905(1905-07-31) (aged 76) Greensburg, Indiana, U.S.
Political party	Republican (after 1860) People's (1854–1860) Whig (before 1854)
Spouses	Martha Hurlburt ​(m. 1851)​ Laura Wachstatter ​(m. 1901)​
Education	Miami University Cincinnati Law School
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	Union Army
Years of service	1861–1865
Battles/wars	American Civil War

William Cumback (March 24, 1829 – July 31, 1905) was an American lawyer and Civil War veteran who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1855 to 1857.

Biography

Born near Mount Carmel, Indiana, Cumback attended the common schools and was graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. He taught school two years. He studied law at the Cincinnati Law School. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Greensburg, Indiana, in 1853.

Congress

Cumback was elected as an Indiana People's Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1856, and thereafter resumed practicing law.

Civil War

He was appointed a paymaster in the Army and served throughout the Civil War. He served as member of the State senate in 1866. The 16th Lieutenant Governor of Indiana in 1868.

Later career and death

He was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1869.

President U.S. Grant nominated Cumback as the U.S. Minister to Portugal in 1870 but he declined the appointment. He served as a United States revenue collector from 1871 to 1883. He also served as a trustee of DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana.

He was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination for governor in 1896.

He died in Greensburg, Indiana, July 31, 1905. He was interred in South Park Cemetery.

Legacy

William Cumback is the namesake of the community of Cumback, Indiana.

Notes and references

1. Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. ...and named for Hoosier politician William Cumback.

• United States Congress. "William Cumback (id: C000980)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

v t e Lieutenant Governor of Indiana
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v t e Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana
1st district	Prince Call Boon Blake Boon Proffit R. Owen Embree Albertson Lockhart Miller Lockhart Niblack Law Niblack Fuller Heilman Kleiner Hovey Posey Parrett Taylor Hemenway Foster Boehne Sr. Lieb Denton Luhring W. Wilson Rowbottom Boehne Jr. Schulte Madden Benjamin Hall Visclosky Mrvan
2nd district	Jennings J. Carr Ewing J. W. Davis Ewing J. W. Davis Thompson Henley Dunham English Cravens Kerr Wolfe J. Williams Humphreys Cobb O'Neall Bretz Hardy Miers Chaney Cullop Bland Greenwood Durgan Halleck Landgrebe Fithian Sharp McIntosh M. Pence Chocola Donnelly Walorski Yakym
3rd district	Test O. Smith Test Carty J. Carr Graham J. Carr J. L. White T. Smith J. L. Robinson Dunham G. G. Dunn Hughes W. Dunn Harrington R. Hill Hunter Holman Kerr N. Carr Bicknell Stockslager Howard J. Brown Tracewell Zenor Cox Dunbar Gardner Dunbar Crowe Pettengill Grant Crook S. Crumpacker Nimtz Brademas Hiler Roemer Souder Stutzman Banks Stutzman
4th district	A. Lane G. H. Dunn T. Smith Cravens C. Smith Julian Parker J. Lane Cumback Foley Holman Farquhar Holman Julian Je. Wilson New Sexton New Holman Watson Holman Griffith Dixon Benham Canfield Farley Gillie Kruse Adair Roush Quayle Coats Long Souder Buyer Rokita Baird
5th district	McCarty Rariden Kennedy W. Brown Wick W. Brown Hendricks Parker Holloway Kilgore Julian Coburn Holman Browne Matson Cooper Overstreet Faris Holliday Moss Sanders N. Johnson Gillen Griswold Harness Walsh Beamer Roush Roudebush Hillis Jontz Buyer Burton Brooks Spartz
6th district	Kinnard Herod Wick Wallace J. W. Davis G. G. Dunn Gorman Hendricks Barbour Gregg Porter Dumont Coburn Voorhees Hunter M. Robinson W. Myers Browne H. Johnson Watson Barnard Gray Comstock Elliott Larrabee Jenckes N. Johnson Harden Wampler Roudebush Bray D. Evans Burton M. Pence Messer G. Pence Shreve
7th district	Hannegan A. White Howard H. S. Lane Wright McGaughey Thompson McGaughey J. G. Davis Scott J. G. Davis Voorhees Washburn Orth Manson Cason Landers Hanna Matyr Peelle English Bynum Henry Overstreet Korbly Moores Updike Ludlow Greenwood Landis Noland Bray J. Myers Pease Kerns J. Carson A. Carson
8th district	Pettit McDonald Mace Ja. Wilson A. White Orth Tyner Hunter Hostetler Peirce Lamb Johnston Brookshire Faris Henry Cromer Adair Vestal Boehne Jr. La Follette E. Mitchell Denton Merrill Denton Zion Hayes Cornwell Deckard McCloskey Hostettler Ellsworth Bucshon Messmer
9th district	Sample Cathcart Fitch Eddy Shanks Cason M. White Orth Doxey Ward Cheadle Waugh Hanly Landis Morrison Purnell Crowe E. Wilson Hogan E. Wilson L. Hamilton B. Hill Sodrel B. Hill Young Hollingsworth Houchin
10th district	Kennedy Rockhill Harlan Brenton Chamberlain Case W. Mitchell Edgerton Defrees W. Williams Sayler Haymond Calkins Motte T. Wood W. Owen Patton Hammond Hatch E. Crumpacker Peterson W. Wood Gray Springer Harvey Harmon Harvey Roudebush Dennis Sharp Jacobs Jr. J. Carson
11th district	Harlan Pettit Shanks McDowell Stilwell Shanks Packard J. Evans Cowgill Steele Martin Steele Landis Rauch Kraus Cook Hall Griswold Larrabee Ludlow Jacobs Sr. Brownson Barr Bruce Jacobs Jr. Hudnut Jacobs Jr.
12th district	A. Hamilton Colerick Lowry J. B. White McClellan McNagny Leighty J. M. Robinson Gilbert Gilhams Cline Fairfield Hogg Ludlow
13th district	Baker Calkins Shively Ford Shively Conn Royse Brick Barnhart Hickey Pettengill
At-large	Hendricks Jennings Packard / Orth / W. Williams
Territory	Parke Thomas Jennings

• 1829 births
• 1905 deaths
• People from Franklin County, Indiana
• Indiana Whigs
• Opposition Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana
• Lieutenant governors of Indiana
• Indiana state senators
• People of Indiana in the American Civil War
• United States Army paymasters
• People from Greensburg, Indiana
• Miami University alumni
• DePauw University people
• Members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana
• University of Cincinnati College of Law alumni
• Indiana lawyers
• 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
• 19th-century members of the Indiana General Assembly