Thomas C. Ripley

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

Biography

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 practiced 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] He was interred in Saginaw's Oakwood Cemetery.[13]

References

  1. ↑ Michigan State Historical Society, Historical Collections, Volume 28, 1900, pages 84-85
  2. ↑ Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Biographical Record of the Officers and Graduates of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1887, page 185
  3. ↑ Nathaniel Soley Benton, A History of Herkimer County: Including the Upper Mohawk Valley, 1856, page 485
  4. ↑ 1840 United States Federal Census, entry for T. C. Ripley, accessed via Ancestry.com, September 22, 2013
  5. ↑ 1850 United States Federal Census, entry for Thomas E. Ripley, retrieved via Ancestry.com, September 22, 2013
  6. ↑ Troy Daily Whig, Rensselaer Whig Nominations, September 9, 1846
  7. ↑ Ritchie & Heiss, printers, Journal of the U.S. House of Representatives, December 7, 1846, page 7
  8. ↑ Selected U.S. Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880, 1860 entry for Thomas C. Ripley, retrieved via Ancestry.com, September 22, 2013
  9. ↑ 1880 United States Federal Census, entry for Thomas C. Ripley, retrieved via Ancestry.com, September 22, 2013
  10. ↑ Michigan. Dept. of Public Instruction, Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1877, page 22
  11. ↑ James W. King, compiler, Manual for the Use of the Legislature of Michigan, 1873, page 470
  12. ↑ Michigan, Deaths and Burials Index, 1867-1995, entry for Thomas Ripley, retrieved via Ancestry.com, September 22, 2013
  13. ↑ Thomas Cornell Ripley at Find A Grave

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United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Richard P. Herrick		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 12th congressional district
December 7, 1846 – March 3, 1847 		Succeeded by
Gideon Reynolds
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