Joel Turrill

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Joel Turrill

Joel Turrill (born February 22, 1794 in Shoreham , Vermont , † December 28, 1859 in Oswego , New York ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1833 and 1837 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Joel Turrill attended community schools and graduated from Middlebury College in 1816 . He studied law in Newburgh . Then he moved to Oswego. He was admitted to the bar in 1819 and then began practicing in Oswego. He served as a justice of the peace and between 1828 and 1833 as a county judge ( County Judge ). In 1831 he was a member of the New York State Assembly . Politically, he belonged to the Jacksonian faction.

In the 1832 congressional elections for the 23rd Congress , Turrill was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the 17th constituency of New York , where he succeeded John W. Taylor on March 4, 1833 . He was re-elected once. Since he on a run again in 1836 renounced, he left the after 3 March 1837 Congress of.

Between 1838 and 1840 he was a district attorney in Oswego County . He held the post of guardianship and probate judge ( surrogate ) in Oswego County in 1843 . Between 1845 and 1850 he was US consul in the Kingdom of Hawaii . He died on December 28, 1859 in Oswego and was then buried in Riverside Cemetery .

literature

Web links

  • Joel Turrill in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Turrill, Joel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1794
PLACE OF BIRTH Shoreham , Vermont
DATE OF DEATH December 28, 1859
Place of death Oswego , New York