William Cumback
William Cumback was an American lawyer and Civil War veteran who served one term as a United States [House of Representatives|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 Admission to [the bar in the United States|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 34th [United States Congress|Thirty-fourth] Congress.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.