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Schuyler Washington Colfax III (/ ˈ s k aɪ l ə r ˈ k oʊ l f æ k s /; April 11, 1870 – March 29, 1925) was an American Republican politician who served as the 11th mayor of South Bend, Indiana from 1898 to 1902.
They had one son, Schuyler Colfax III (1870–1925), who served as mayor of South Bend, Indiana, from 1898 to 1901. He assumed office at the age of 28, and remains the youngest person to become mayor in the city's history. Colfax was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF).
27 gen 2015 · Schuyler Colfax’s life is a study in both tragedy and success. His father died before he was born, yet he rose to become a business owner and Congressman. His wife died young, and he became Speaker of the House.
Colfax was then only 40, and in 1868, two weeks after he was elected to the Vice Presidency he married Ella M. Wade. They had one son, Schuyler Colfax III, born in 1870. After leaving office in 1873, Colfax was only 50 years old. He began a successful career as a lecturer, all over the country.
While Vice-President Elect, Schuyler, who had been widowed for five years, married Ellen Wade. His first child, Schuyler Colfax III, was born two years later. Schuyler announced his retirement in 1870 in a ploy to garner support as a presidential candidate in the forthcoming election.
Lives of Ulysses S. Grant, and Schuyler Colfax: Candidates of the National Republican Party for President and Vice President of the United States, illustrated with portraits, containing, also, a correct genealogical summary of the Grant family, now first published.
Schuyler Colfax. During Reconstruction (1865–77), Colfax was a leader of the Radical Republicans and favoured extending suffrage to freedmen and disenfranchising former prominent officials of the Confederate States of America. Elected as Grant’s vice president, he failed to win renomination in 1872.
