Education
Born near Richmond, Indiana, Peelle attended the common schools and Winchester Seminary. He studied law.
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Born near Richmond, Indiana, Peelle attended the common schools and Winchester Seminary. He studied law.
He enlisted in Company G, Eighth Regiment, Indiana Infantry Volunteers, August 5, 1861 and served until near the close of the war. He was admitted to the bar in 1866 and commenced practice in Winchester, Indiana. He moved to Indianapolis in 1869.
Peelle was Deputy district attorney of Marion County in 1872 and 1873.
Peelle was elected as a Republican to the Forty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883). He presented credentials as a Member-elect to the Forty-eighth Congress and served from March 4, 1883, to May 22, 1884, when he was succeeded by William East. English, who contested his election.
He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1892. He served until February 11, 1913, when he resigned.
He was on the faculty at George Washington University Law School from 1901 to 1911. from 1906 to 1925.
He served as president of the board of the Washington College of Law from 1910 to 1925. He resided in Washington, District of Columbia, until his death on September 4, 1928, and was interred in Rock Creek Cemetery.
He served as member of the State house of representatives from 1877 to 1879. He served as member of the board of trustees of Howard University, Washington, District of Columbia Peelle was a member of the Cosmos Club and of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States.
