John A. Gurley

John A. Gurley

John Addison Gurley (* 9. December 1813 in East Hartford , Connecticut ; † 19th August 1863 near Cincinnati , Ohio ) was an American politician of the Republican Party . March 4, 1859 to March 3, 1863 he was a member of the House of Representatives of the United States for the second  congressional district of the state of Ohio.

biography

John Gurley was born in East Hartford. He attended the county's schools and then began an apprenticeship as a hatter . Then he studied theology . From 1835 to 1838 he was pastor of the Universalist Church of America in Methuen , Massachusetts . In 1838 he moved to Cincinnati and became the owner of the Star in the West newspaper . Gurley was also active as a pastor in Cincinnati. In 1850 he gave up active pastoral service, sold his newspaper in 1854 and moved to a farm near Cincinnati.

In the 1856 congressional elections , Gurley ran as a Republican candidate in the 2nd District of Ohio, but without success. In the next election , his renewed candidacy was successful. He moved into the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC . There he sat for two legislative terms. In 1862 he was no longer eligible for election. During a recess in Congress, Gurley served in the Civil War on the side of John C. Frémont in 1861 .

In 1863, US President Abraham Lincoln named him the first governor of the Arizona Territory . Gurley died of acute appendicitis on the evening of his departure, the day before he took office . Instead, John Noble Goodwin took over his post .

Gurley was married to Sarah. He was buried in Spring Grove Cemetery .

Web links

• John A. Gurley in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John A. Gurley in the database of Find a Grave (English)