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Thomas C. Ripley

Thomas C. Ripley

American politician

Thomas C. Ripley (January 2, 1807 – February 12, 1897) was a United States representative from New York.

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Thomas Cornell Ripley was born in Broadalbin, New York on January 2, 1807.[1] (Some sources indicate Easton, New York.) He graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1828,[2] Studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practised in Little Falls.[3] He subsequently relocated to Schaghticoke.[4][5][6]

Ripley was elected as a Whig to the 29th United States Congress, filling the vacancy caused by the death of Richard P. Herrick. He served from December 1846 to March 1847, and was not a candidate for a full term in 1846.[7]

In 1854, he moved to Saginaw, Michigan, where he farmed and continued to practice law.[8][9] He joined the Republican Party at its founding and held several local offices, including School Superintendent.[10] He served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 1873 to 1874.[11]

Ripley died in Saginaw on February 12, 1897.[12]

References

  1. [1]
    Michigan State Historical Society, Historical Collections, Volume 28, 1900, pages 84-85
  2. [2]
    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Biographical Record of the Officers and Graduates of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1887, page 185
  3. [3]
    Nathaniel Soley Benton, A History of Herkimer County: Including the Upper Mohawk Valley, 1856, page 485
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    1840 United States Federal Census, entry for T. C. Ripley, accessed via Ancestry.com, September 22, 2013
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    1850 United States Federal Census, entry for Thomas E. Ripley, retrieved via Ancestry.com, September 22, 2013
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    Troy Daily Whig, Rensselaer Whig Nominations, September 9, 1846
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    Ritchie & Heiss, printers, Journal of the U.S. House of Representatives, December 7, 1846, page 7
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    Selected U.S. Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880, 1860 entry for Thomas C. Ripley, retrieved via Ancestry.com, September 22, 2013
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    1880 United States Federal Census, entry for Thomas C. Ripley, retrieved via Ancestry.com, September 22, 2013
  10. [10]
    Michigan. Dept. of Public Instruction, Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1877, page 22
  11. [11]
    James W. King, compiler, Manual for the Use of the Legislature of Michigan, 1873, page 470
  12. [12]
    Michigan, Deaths and Burials Index, 1867-1995, entry for Thomas Ripley, retrieved via Ancestry.com, September 22, 2013
  • United States Congress. "Thomas C. Ripley (id: R000267)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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