Thomas J. Turner

Thomas J. Turner

Thomas Johnston Turner (born April 5, 1815 in Trumbull County , Ohio , †  April 4, 1874 in Hot Springs , Arkansas ) was an American politician . Between 1847 and 1849 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Thomas Turner attended the public schools in his home country. In 1825 he moved with his parents to Butler County , Pennsylvania . From 1838 he lived in Freeport (Illinois). After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1840, he began to work in this profession in Freeport. In 1842 he became a probate judge in Stephenson County ; In 1844 he became a post holder in Freeport. In 1845 he became a district attorney. Turner also founded Stephenson County's first weekly newspaper.

Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party . In the congressional elections of 1846 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the sixth constituency of Illinois , where he succeeded Joseph P. Hoge on March 4, 1847 . Until March 3, 1849, he was able to complete a legislative period in Congress . This was shaped by the events of the Mexican-American War .

In 1854, Turner became an MP and President in the Illinois House of Representatives ; In 1855 he became mayor of Freeport. In the spring of 1861 he was a member of a negotiating commission that unsuccessfully tried to prevent the outbreak of civil war in the federal capital, Washington . After the outbreak of war he served as a colonel in the Union's army in 1861 and 1862 . Then he had to quit military service for health reasons. In 1863 he attended a meeting to revise the Illinois Constitution as a delegate; In 1871 he ran unsuccessfully for the US Senate . In the same year he moved to Chicago . He died in Hot Springs on April 4, 1874 and was buried in Freeport.

Web links

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

• Thomas J. Turner in the database of Find a Grave (English)