John B. Haskin

John Bussing Haskin (born August 27, 1821 in Fordham , New York , † September 18, 1895 in Friends Lake , New York) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1857 and 1859 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Haskin was born and raised in Fordham (now part of New York City ) about six and a half years after the end of the British-American War . During this time he attended public schools. He studied law . He was admitted to the bar in 1843 and began practicing in New York City in 1845. In 1847 he became a magistrate ( civil justice ) in New York City - a position he held until 1849. Between 1850 and 1853 he was a Town Supervisor in Fordham and between 1853 and 1856 as a Corporation Attorney .

Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Party . In the congressional elections of 1856 for the 35th Congress , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the ninth constituency of New York , where he succeeded Bayard Clarke on March 4, 1857 . In 1858 he was elected to the 36th Congress as an anti- Lecompton democrat . He retired from the after March 3, 1861 Congress of. As a congressman, he chaired the U.S. Department of the Navy's Committee on Expenditures (35th Congress) and Committee on Public Expenditures (36th Congress)

After his time at Congress, he resumed his practice as a lawyer. In 1863 he was Town Supervisor at West Farms . He died on September 18, 1895 in Friends Lake and was then buried in Woodlawn Cemetery , New York City.

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SURNAME	Haskin, John B.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Haskin, John Bussing (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	August 27, 1821
PLACE OF BIRTH	Fordham , New York
DATE OF DEATH	September 18, 1895
Place of death	Friends Lake , New York