Thomas R. Horton

Thomas Raymond Horton (April 18, 1823 – July 26, 1894) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in Fultonville, New York, Horton attended the public schools. He studied law and was admitted to the bar and practiced. He served as member of the board of trustees of Fultonville in 1848. He served as clerk of the board of supervisors of Montgomery County for six years. He was in the Justice of the Peace eight years. He was editor and publisher of the Amsterdam (New York) Recorder from 1841 to 1857.

Horton was elected as an Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1855 - March 3, 1857). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1856. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1860. During the Civil War, he served as adjutant of the 115th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment from 1862 to 1864. He was editor and publisher of the Montgomery County Republican. He died in Fultonville, New York, July 26, 1894. He was interred in the Old Fultonville Cemetery.

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

• Thomas R. Horton at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

External links

• Thomas Raymond Horton entry at The Political Graveyard
• Thomas R. Horton at Find a Grave
• James H. Clark, The Iron Hearted Regiment, 1865, page 242