Thomas J. Clunie

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Thomas J. Clunie

Thomas Jefferson Clunie (born March 25, 1852 in St. John's , Newfoundland , †  June 30, 1903 in San Francisco , California ) was an American politician . Between 1889 and 1891 he represented the state of California in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Thomas Clunie's parents were from Massachusetts . He was born in St. John's during a trip to Canada . In 1854 he moved to California with his parents. In the meantime, the family returned to the east, where they spent time in Maine . Since 1861, Clunie lived permanently in California, where he attended public schools. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1868, he began working in this profession in Sacramento in 1870 . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In 1875 he was elected to the California State Assembly ; in July 1884 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago , where Grover Cleveland was first nominated as a presidential candidate. From 1887 to 1889, Clunie was a member of the California Senate . He was also active in the state militia, in which he rose to brigadier general.

In the congressional election of 1888 , Clunie was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fifth constituency of California , where he succeeded Charles N. Felton on March 4, 1889 . Since he was not confirmed in 1890, he could only serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1891 . After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, Clunie practiced as a lawyer again. He died in San Francisco on June 30, 1903 and was buried in Sacramento.

Web links

  • Thomas J. Clunie in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)