Thomas B. Osborne
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Thomas Burr Osborne (July 8, 1798 - September 2, 1869) was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.
Born in Weston (now Easton), Connecticut, Osborne was graduated from Yale College in 1817. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1820 and commenced practice in Fairfield, Connecticut. He served as clerk of the county and superior courts 1826-1839. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1836.
Osborne was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1843). He served as chairman of the Committee on Patents (Twenty-seventh Congress). He served in the State senate in 1844, and the same year was appointed judge of the Fairfield County Court, which office he held for several years. He was again a member of the State house of representatives in 1850. He served as judge of probate for Fairfield district in 1851. He moved to New Haven in 1854. Professor in Yale Law School from 1855 until 1865, when he resigned. He died in New Haven, Connecticut, on September 2, 1869. He was interred in Evergreen Cemetery.
