Joel Turrill
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Joel Turrill (February 22, 1794 - December 28, 1859) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Born in Shoreham, Vermont, Turrill attended the common school. He was graduated from Middlebury College in 1816. He studied law in Newburgh, New York. He moved to Oswego, New York. He was admitted to the bar in 1819 and commenced practice in Oswego. He was in the Justice of the Peace. County judge 1828-1833. He served as member of the State assembly in 1831.
Turrill was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1833-March 3, 1837). He was not a candidate for reelection in 1836. He served as district attorney for Oswego County 1838-1840. Surrogate of Oswego County in 1843. United States consul to the Sandwich Islands 1845-1850. He died in Oswego, New York, December 28, 1859. He was interred in Riverside Cemetery.
