Thomas Child Jr.
Thomas Child Jr. | |
|---|---|
| Member of the New York State Assembly from the Richmond County district | |
| In office 1866 | |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 7th district | |
| In office March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 | |
| Preceded by | William A. Walker |
| Succeeded by | Elijah Ward |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 18, 1818 Bakersfield, Vermont, U.S. |
| Died | March 9, 1869 (aged 50) Port Richmond, New York, U.S. |
| Resting place | Green-Wood Cemetery |
| Political party | Whig |
Thomas Child (March 18, 1818 – March 9, 1869) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Life
Born in Bakersfield, Vermont, he was the son of attorney Timothy Child (1779-1862) and Lydia Adams Child (1780-1853). Child attended the common schools and entered the University of Vermont at Burlington at the age of fourteen. He graduated in 1838,[1] and served the same year as a member of the State constitutional convention. He studied law with his father, was admitted to the bar in September 1839, and commenced practice in Berkshire, Vermont. He was a partner of Homer E. Royce, who had also studied with Timothy Child, Sr., and served as a Justice of the Peace in 1840. He moved to New York City about 1848, and engaged in the distilling business.
Child was elected as a Whig to the 34th United States Congress, for a term beginning on March 4, 1855, but never took his seat due to illness. On March 3, 1857, the House resolved that his salary be paid to him from August 18, 1856, to March 3, 1857, as "though he had been in regular attendance at the sittings of the House".
He moved to Port Richmond on Staten Island, in 1857 and retired from active business. He was Town Supervisor of Northfield in 1865 and 1866. He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Richmond County) in 1866.
He died in Port Richmond on March 9, 1869, and was buried at the Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.
See also
References
- ^ Goodrich, John Ellsworth (1901). General Catalogue of the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College. Burlington, VT: Burlington Free Press Association. p. 65.
External links
- United States Congress. "Thomas Child Jr. (id: C000353)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Thomas Child Jr. at Find a Grave
- 1818 births
- 1869 deaths
- Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery
- Members of the New York State Assembly
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)
- New York (state) lawyers
- Vermont lawyers
- New York (state) Whigs
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- People from Staten Island
- Town supervisors in New York (state)
- People from Bakersfield, Vermont
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