Samuel Bigger
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Samuel Bigger was the seventh governor of the U.S. state of Indiana from December 9, 1840, to December 6, 1843. Bigger was nominated to run for governor because he had no connection to the failed publ
Samuel Bigger Portrait
Governor Samuel Bigger's gravesite
The Indiana Mammoth Internal Improvement Act was a law passed by the Indiana General Assembly and signed by Whig Governor Noah Noble in 1836 that greatly expanded the state's program of internal impro
Samuel Bigger
…of the U.S. state of Indiana from December 9, 1840, to December 6, 1843. Bigger was nominated to run for governor because he had no connection to the failed public works program. The state had entered a severe financial crisis in his predecessor's term and the government became insolvent during his first year in office. He…
Governor Noah Noble, primary backer of the law.
Governor James Whitcomb, opponent of the law, and man who sold off the last of the public works.