Anthony Thornton

Anthony Thornton

Anthony Thornton (born November 9, 1814 in Paris , Bourbon County , Kentucky , †  September 10, 1904 in Shelbyville , Illinois ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1865 and 1867 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Anthony Thornton attended public schools in his home country and then Center College in Danville . He then studied until 1834 at Miami University in Oxford ( Ohio ). After studying law and being admitted to the bar, he began to work in this profession from 1836 in Shelbyville. Thornton served as a major in the American armed forces during the Mexican-American War . Politically, he became a member of the Democratic Party . In 1847 and 1862 he was a delegate to meetings to revise the Illinois Constitution; In 1850 he was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives .

In the congressional elections of 1864 Thornton was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the tenth constituency of his state , where he succeeded Anthony L. Knapp on March 4, 1865 . Since he renounced another candidacy in 1866, he could only complete one term in Congress until March 3, 1867 . During this time the civil war ended . Since 1865, the work of Congress has been overshadowed by tension between Republicans and President Andrew Johnson , which culminated in a narrowly unsuccessful impeachment trial.

After his time in the US House of Representatives, Anthony Thornton initially practiced as a lawyer again. Between 1870 and 1873 he was a judge on the Supreme Court of Illinois . He served as president of his state's bar association for four terms. From 1895 to 1897 he headed the Illinois Arbitration Commission. He died in Shelbyville on September 10, 1904.

Web links

• Anthony Thornton in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Anthony Thornton in the database of Find a Grave (English)