Thomas Y. Howe Jr. | |
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Member of the U.S.HouseofRepresentatives from New York's 25th district | |
In office March 4, 1851 –March 3, 1853 | |
Preceded by | Harmon S. Conger |
Succeeded by | Edwin B. Morgan |
Personal details | |
Born | Thomas Yardley Howe Jr. 1801 Auburn,New York,U.S. |
Died | July 15,1860 58–59) Auburn,New York,U.S. | (aged
Resting place | Fort Hill Cemetery,Auburn,New York,U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Thomas Yardley Howe Jr. (1801 –July 15,1860) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1851 to 1853.
Born in Auburn,New York,Howe completed preparatory studies,studied law,was admitted to the bar,and practiced in Auburn. [1]
Howe was also involved in several businesses,including treasurer and a member of the board of directors for the Auburn and Syracuse Railroad, [2] president of the Lake Ontario,Auburn and New York Railroad, [3] editor of the Cayuga New Era newspaper, [4] and trustee of the Auburn Savings Bank. [5]
A Democrat,Howe served on the board of inspectors for the Auburn State Prison from 1834 to 1838. [6] He was elected Surrogate Judge of Cayuga County and served from March 18,1836,to April 14,1840. [7]
Howe was elected to represent New York's 25th District in the Thirty-second Congress,and he served from March 4,1851 to March 3,1853. [8] He did not run for reelection.
Eschewing a re-election campaign for Congress,he ran instead for Mayor of Auburn. He was elected and served a one-year term,March 1853 to March 1854. [9]
Howe died in Auburn on July 15,1860, [10] and was buried at Fort Hill Cemetery in Auburn. [11] Howe was one of the donors of the land for the cemetery,had been an incorporator of the Fort Hill Cemetery Association,and was secretary of the association's first board of trustees. [12] [13]
His last name is sometimes spelled "How",which is how it appears on his gravestone. [14]
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