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Affiliation | Democratic |
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Name | Thomas J. Turner |
Address | Freeport, Illinois , United States |
Email | None |
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April 05, 1815
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Died | April 04, 1874
(58 years)
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Contributor | ev |
Last Modifed | RBH Jul 29, 2015 04:42am |
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Info | a Representative from Illinois; born in Trumbull County, Ohio, April 5, 1815; completed preparatory studies; moved with his parents to Butler County, Pa., in 1825; moved to Lake County, Ind., in 1837 and to Freeport, Ill., in 1838; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1840 and commenced practice in Freeport; judge of the probate court of Stephenson County in 1842; postmaster of Freeport in 1844; State district attorney in 1845; established the first weekly newspaper (Prairie Democrat) in Stephenson County; elected as a Democrat to the Thirtieth Congress (March 4, 1847-March 3, 1849); member of the State house of representatives in 1854, serving as speaker; elected first mayor of Freeport, Ill., in 1855; delegate to the peace convention held in Washington, D.C., in 1861 in an effort to devise means to prevent the impending war; enlisted in the Union Army May 24, 1861, and served as colonel of the Fifteenth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry; resigned on account of ill health in 1862; member of the constitutional convention in 1863; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for United States Senator in 1871; moved to Chicago in 1871 and resumed the practice of law; died at Hot Springs, Ark., April 4, 1874; interment in the City Cemetery, Freeport, Ill.
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