The gown worn by Ellen Wade Colfax on March 4, 1869, at her husband’s inauguration as vice president can also be seen in the exhibit. Given to The History Museum by the Colfax family in the ...

Vice President and South Bend resident, Schuyler Colfax, will be the topic of The History Museum's next 'Insights in History' presentation on Sept. 6.

Vice President and South Bend resident, Schuyler Colfax, will be the topic of The History Museum's next 'Insights in History' presentation on Sept. 6.

By any measure, 1872 was a lousy year for Vice President Schuyler Colfax, the Indiana Republican elected four years earlier on a ticket with Ulysses S. Grant.

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That, of course, is the demise of the nation’s 17 th VP, non-Minnesotan Schuyler Colfax, caused by walking in sub-zero cold in Mankato on Jan. 13, 1885. But more on that heart-stopping event later.

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After the war, Colfax took permanent residence in what was then called Pompton. He and Schuyler expanded the one-story home in which she grew up with a two-story addition boasting eight rooms.

Schuyler Colfax: Leading Colorado’s push for statehood. According to records kept by the Colfax Avenue Museum, in 1865, the same year that officials in the state applied for statehood, ...

The Schuyler-Colfax House, thought to be the oldest building in Passaic County, has been closed for nearly 30 years. Kelly Ruffel, the Director of the Department of Cultural & Historic Affairs, ...