John G. Schumaker

John Godfrey Schumaker (* June 27, 1826 in Claverack, New York, † November 23, 1905 in Brooklyn, New York) was an American lawyer and politician. He represented 1869-1871 and 1873-187 of the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Godfrey Schumaker enjoyed a good education at the Lenox Academy in Massachusetts. He studied law and began practicing law in 1847 after obtaining his approval. In 1853 he moved to Brooklyn, where further worked as a lawyer. Between 1856 and 1859 he was district attorney ( district attorney ) in Kings County. One year after the outbreak of the civil war he was Corporation Counsel and has held this position until 1864. In addition, he participated in the 1862, 1867 and 1894 to the Constituent Assemblies of New York, and in 1864 as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City (New Jersey).

Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party. In the congressional elections of 1868 Schumaker in the second electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Demas Barnes on March 4, 1869. Since he gave up for reelection in 1870, he retired after March 3, 1871 from the Congress. However, he ran again in 1872 for a congress seat. After a successful election, he entered on March 4, 1873, the successor of Thomas Kinsella. He was re-elected once. Since he gave up a fourth candidacy in 1876, he retired after March 3, 1877 from the Congress.

He then worked as a lawyer again. He died on 23 November 1905 in Brooklyn and was then buried in the Green-Wood Cemetery.