John G. Schumaker

John G. Schumaker

John Godfrey Schumaker (born June 27, 1826 in Claverack , New York , † November 23, 1905 in Brooklyn , New York) was an American lawyer and politician . He represented New York State in the US House of Representatives between 1869 and 1871 and between 1873 and 1877 .

Career

John Godfrey Schumaker had a good education at Lenox Academy in Massachusetts . He studied law and began practicing law in 1847 after receiving his license to practice law. In 1853 he moved to Brooklyn, where he continued to work as a lawyer. Between 1856 and 1859 he was a District Attorney in Kings County . A year after the outbreak of the Civil War , he became Corporation Counsel and held that position until 1864. In addition, he took in the years 1862, 1867 and 1894 to the Constituent Assemblies of New York and partly in 1864 as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City ( New Jersey ).

Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Party . In the congressional elections of 1868 Schumaker was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of New York , where he succeeded Demas Barnes on March 4, 1869 . Since he on a run again in 1870 renounced, he left the after March 3, 1871 Congress of. However, in 1872 he ran again for a seat in Congress. After a successful election, he succeeded Thomas Kinsella on March 4, 1873 . He was re-elected once. Since he renounced a fourth candidacy in 1876 , he left the Congress after March 3, 1877.

Then he worked as a lawyer again. He died in Brooklyn on November 23, 1905 and was then buried in Green-Wood Cemetery .

Web links

• John G. Schumaker in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John G. Schumaker in the database of Find a Grave (English)