Jonas A. Hughston

Jonas Abbott Hughston (* 1808 in Sidney , New York ; † November 10, 1862 in Shanghai , China ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1855 and 1857 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Jonas Abbott Hughston was born in Sidney, Delaware County , about four years before the outbreak of the British-American War . He completed his preliminary studies. Then he studied law . He was admitted to the bar in 1839 and then began practicing in Delhi . Between 1842 and 1845 he was a district attorney in Delaware County. Then he went back to his activity as a lawyer.

In the congressional elections of 1854 for the 34th Congress Hughston was for the opposition party in the 19th electoral district of New York in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC chosen, where he on March 4, 1855, the successor of George W. Chase took . He retired from the after March 3, 1857 Congress of.

President Abraham Lincoln appointed him Marshal at the Consular Court in Shanghai on March 26, 1862 - a position he held there until his death on November 10, 1862. His body was buried in the Poo-ting Cemetery .

Web links

• Jonas A. Hughston in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Jonas A. Hughston in the database of Find a Grave (English)