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Columbus G. Bridges

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State Senator
Republican
Cattle Broker
Decatur
11
01/08/1866 - 01/12/1868
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Served as state senator in the Tenth and Eleventh General Assemblies, 1864 to 1868. Mr. Bridges could make a fair speech and was recognized as a man of ability. He was admitted to the bar and practiced law for a time at Decatur City. He was prominently identified with a railroad project which was to have been built from Duluth to Des Moines, then to Kansas City via Decatur and then on to Galveston. Considerable grading was done on the line between Decatur and Terre Haute. Bridges died several years ago in Kansas, having left the county shortly after his term of office expired.

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State Senator
Republican
Lawyer
Decatur
10
01/11/1864 - 01/07/1866
6

Served as state senator in the Tenth and Eleventh General Assemblies, 1864 to 1868. Mr. Bridges could make a fair speech and was recognized as a man of ability. He was admitted to the bar and practiced law for a time at Decatur City. He was prominently identified with a railroad project which was to have been built from Duluth to Des Moines, then to Kansas City via Decatur and then on to Galveston. Considerable grading was done on the line between Decatur and Terre Haute. Bridges died several years ago in Kansas, having left the county shortly after his term of office expired.