Jonas A. Hughston

Jonas Abbott Hughston (* 1808 in Sidney, New York, † November 10, 1862 in Shanghai, China) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1855 and 1857 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Jonas Abbott Hughston was born about four years before the outbreak of the British - American War in Sidney in Delaware County. He completed his preliminary studies. Then he studied law. His admission to the bar he received in 1839 and then began practicing in Delhi at. Between 1842 and 1845 he was district attorney in Delaware County. Then he went back to his work as a lawyer after.

In the congressional elections of 1854 for the 34th Congress Hughston was for the opposition party in the 19th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of George W. Chase on March 4, 1855. He retired after March 3, 1857 from the Congress.

President Abraham Lincoln appointed him on 26 March 1862 Marshal at the Consular Court in Shanghai - a position which he held until his death on 10 November 1862. His body was buried at the Poo- ting Cemetery.