Thomas Child, Jr.

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Thomas Child (March 18, 1818 – March 9, 1869) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in Bakersfield, Vermont, Child attended the common schools and entered the University of Vermont at Burlington at the age of fourteen. He served as member of the State constitutional convention in 1838. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in September 1839, and commenced practice in Berkshire, Vermont. He was 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, Staten Island, New York, in 1857 and retired from active business. He was Supervisor of the Town of Northfield in 1865 and 1866. He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Richmond Co.) in 1866.

He died in Port Richmond, Staten Island, on March 9, 1869, and was buried at the Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.

References

Thomas Child, Jr. at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

External links

Thomas Child, Jr. at Find a Grave

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by William A. Walker	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 7th congressional district 1855-1857	Succeeded by Elijah Ward

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Name	Child, Thomas, Jr.
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Short description	American politician
Date of birth	March 22, 1818
Place of birth
Date of death	March 9, 1869
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