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The Young Men's Literary Society is established; it is incorporated as the Union Literary Society in 1847. [77] 1836 The Indiana General Assembly appropriates funds to begin construction on the Indiana Central Canal and build rail lines from Madison to Lafayette through Indianapolis as part of the Mammoth Internal Improvement Act. [78] [79]
Indianapolis became an incorporated city effective March 30, 1847. Samuel Henderson , the city's first mayor, led the new city government, which included a seven-member city council. In 1853, voters approved a new city charter that provided for an elected mayor and a fourteen-member city council.
Indianapolis became a seat of county government on December 31, 1821, when Marion County, was established. A combined county and town government continued until 1832 when Indianapolis was incorporated as a town. [40] Indianapolis became an incorporated city effective March 30, 1847.
Henderson was elected as the mayor on April 24, 1847, for a two-year term. However, he became convinced that Indianapolis would become merely a way station on the railroad lines, and after his term as mayor, he sold his real estate holdings at reduced prices and headed for California to join the Gold Rush .
The Mayor of Indianapolis is the head of the executive branch of the consolidated city-county government of Indianapolis ... 1847: 1849: Whig: 2 Horatio C. Newcomb ...
Indianapolis City Charter: 1832, 1838, 1847, 1853, 1891 ... The Government of Indianapolis—officially the Consolidated City of Indianapolis and Marion County—is a ...
He and James Lanier (from Madison, Indiana) brought the state's first railroad, the Madison and Indianapolis, to Indianapolis in 1847. In 1852, Bates built the lavish Bates House Hotel in downtown Indianapolis, where Abraham Lincoln stayed while en route to his first inauguration in Washington, D.C.
Died in Indianapolis November 1, 1877. Aged 54 years 2 months and 25 days. Admitted to the Bar in 1847. Served as Governor of Indiana from January 18, 1861 to March 4, 1867. Served as U.S. Senator from Indiana from March 4, 1867 until his death November 1, 1877. In all ways and at all times the friend of the Union soldier. The friend of the ...