John R. Thurman

John Richardson Thurman ( born October 6, 1814 New York City; † July 24, 1854 in Chester Township, New York ) was an American politician. Between 1849 and 1851 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Richardson Thurman was born during the British - American War in New York City and grew up there. In 1835 he graduated from Columbia College. He then moved to Warren County, and settled in Chestertown, where he worked in agriculture. In the following years he held several local offices. Politically he belonged to the Whig party.

In the congressional elections of 1848 for the 31 Congress he was in the 15th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Sidney Lawrence on March 4, 1849. Since he gave up for reelection in 1850, he retired after March 3, 1851 from the Congress.

After his conference time he devoted himself to the management of his estate. On July 24, 1854, he died at the Friends Lake in Chester Township and was then buried in the family cemetery, but his remains were reburied then on the Oakwood Cemetery in Rensselaer County in Tory.