Theron Akin

Theron Akin (* May 23, 1855 in Johnstown, New York, † March 26, 1933 in Amsterdam, New York ) was an American politician. Between 1911 and 1913 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Theron Akin was born about six years before the outbreak of the civil war in Fulton County. He attended community schools of Amsterdam and was taught at home by a private tutor. Then he went to agricultural activities. He graduated from the New York Dental College and then practiced for 12 years in Amsterdam. Then he moved to Akin (later renamed to Fort Johnson ), where he pursued in Montgomery County agricultural activities. He was president of the Village of Fort Johnson.

In the congressional elections of 1910 for the 62nd Congress, he was as progressive Republican in the 25th Election District of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Cyrus Durey on March 4, 1911. He suffered in his renewed candidacy 1912, a defeat and then retired after March 3, 1913, the Congress of.

After his conference time he went back to farming activities. He ran unsuccessfully in 1914 for the 64th Congress. Between 1920 and 1923 he was mayor of Amsterdam. Then he went to his former activities. Akin ran unsuccessfully for the 1927 Republican and for the Democratic nomination for mayor. He died on 26 March 1933, Amsterdam, and was then buried in the Pine Grove Cemetery in Tribes Hill.