Jasper Packard | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's At-large district | |
| In office 1873–1875 | |
| Preceded by | New district |
| Succeeded by | District abolished |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 11th district | |
| In office March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873 | |
| Preceded by | John P. C. Shanks |
| Succeeded by | James L. Evans |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 1, 1832 Austintown, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | December 13, 1899 (aged 67) Lafayette, Indiana, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | Union Army |
| Battles/wars | American Civil War |
Jasper Packard (February 1, 1832 – December 13, 1899) was an American attorney, Civil War veteran, and politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Indiana's at-large congressional district and Indiana's 11th congressional district.
Born in Austintown, Ohio, Packard moved with his parents to Indiana in 1835. He attended local public schools and graduated from the University of Michigan in 1855.
Packard then taught school and he settled in La Porte, Indiana. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1861. During the Civil War, he enlisted in the Union Army as a private in the Forty-eighth Regiment. He was promoted to first lieutenant on January 1, 1862. He served as captain September 12, 1862. He also served as lieutenant colonel of the 128th Indiana Infantry and was promoted to colonel June 26, 1865. He served as the Auditor of La Porte County from November 15, 1866, to March 1, 1869
Packard was elected as a Republican to the Forty-first, Forty-second, and Forty-third Congresses (March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1875). He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State (Forty-third Congress), Committee on Private Land Claims (Forty-third Congress). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1874.
He engaged in newspaper pursuits. He was later appointed commandant of the State soldiers' home at Lafayette, Indiana, on July 1, 1899.
Packard died in Lafayette on December 13, 1899, and was interred in the Soldiers' Home Cemetery.
