Lucien C. Gause

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Lucien Coatsworth Gause
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arkansas's 1st district
In office March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879
Preceded by	Asa Hodges
Succeeded by	Poindexter Dunn
Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives
In office 1866
Personal details
Born	(1836-12-25)December 25, 1836 Wilmington, North Carolina, US
Died	November 5, 1880(1880-11-05) (aged 43) Jacksonport, Arkansas, US
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Virginia Ann Page[1]
Profession	Politician, Lawyer

Lucien Coatsworth Gause (December 25, 1836 – November 5, 1880) was an American nineteenth-century politician and lawyer from Arkansas.

Biography[]

Born near Wilmington, North Carolina, Gause moved to Lauderdale County, Tennessee and studied under a private tutor. He graduated from the University of Virginia, studied law, graduated from Cumberland University and was admitted to the bar, commencing practice in Jacksonport, Arkansas in 1859.^{[citation needed]}

At the outbreak of the Civil War, he entered the Confederate Army as a lieutenant and was later promoted to colonel.^[1] Gause resumed practicing law in Jacksonport in 1865, was a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1866 and was a commissioner to represent the State of Arkansas in Washington, D.C.. He unsuccessfully contested the election of Asa Hodges as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives in 1873 before successfully being elected to the House of Representatives in 1874, serving from 1875 to 1879, not being a candidate for renomination in 1878. Afterwards, Gause resumed practicing law until his death in Jacksonport, Arkansas on November 5, 1880. He was interred in a private cemetery near Jacksonport.

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External links[]

• United States Congress. "Lucien C. Gause (id: G000100)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2008-02-13

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