John H. Starin

John Henry Starin ( born August 27, 1825 Sammonsville, New York, † March 21, 1909 in New York City ) was an American politician. Between 1877 and 1881 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives. Congressman Thomas Sammons was his grandfather.

Career

John Henry Starin was born about a decade after the end of the British - American War in Fulton County - then still part of Montgomery County. His academic career began in Esperance when he took his medical degree in 1842. He founded in 1845 a drug and medicine business in Fultonville, which he ran until 1858. Between 1848 and 1852 he held the post of Postmaster of Fultonville. Starin was the founder and president of the Starin City River & Harbor Transportation Co. He held the post as Director of the North River Bank in New York City and the Mohawk River National Bank. He was also engaged in farming and animal husbandry went by. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party.

In the congressional elections of 1876 for the 45th Congress Starin in the 20th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Henry H. Hathorn on March 4, 1877. He was re-elected once. Since he gave up for reelection in 1880, he retired after the March 3, 1881 out of the Congress.

Starin 1883 President of Fultonville National Bank - a post he held until 1909. He was in the rail sector and is a member of the New York City Rapid Transit Commission. On March 21, 1909, he died in New York City and was buried in the mausoleum Starin at the city cemetery of Fultonville.