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]
thomas, ripley, january, 1807, february, 1897, united, states, representative, from, york, member, house, representatives, from, york, 12th, districtin, office, december, 1846, march, 1847preceded, byrichard, herricksucceeded, bygideon, reynoldspersonal, detai. Thomas C Ripley January 2 1807 February 12 1897 was a United States representative from New York Thomas C RipleyMember of the U S House of Representatives from New York s 12th districtIn office December 7 1846 March 3 1847Preceded byRichard P HerrickSucceeded byGideon ReynoldsPersonal detailsBornThomas Cornell Ripley 1807 01 02 January 2 1807Broadalbin New York U S DiedFebruary 12 1897 1897 02 12 aged 90 Saginaw Michigan U S Resting placeOakwood Cemetery Saginaw Michigan U S Political partyWhigAlma materRensselaer Polytechnic InstituteBiography editThomas 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 He was interred in Saginaw s Oakwood Cemetery 13 References edit Michigan State Historical Society Historical Collections Volume 28 1900 pages 84 85 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Biographical Record of the Officers and Graduates of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1887 page 185 Nathaniel Soley Benton A History of Herkimer County Including the Upper Mohawk Valley 1856 page 485 1840 United States Federal Census entry for T C Ripley accessed via Ancestry com September 22 2013 1850 United States Federal Census entry for Thomas E Ripley retrieved via Ancestry com September 22 2013 Troy Daily Whig Rensselaer Whig Nominations September 9 1846 Ritchie amp Heiss printers Journal of the U S House of Representatives December 7 1846 page 7 Selected U S Federal Census Non Population Schedules 1850 1880 1860 entry for Thomas C Ripley retrieved via Ancestry com September 22 2013 1880 United States Federal Census entry for Thomas C Ripley retrieved via Ancestry com September 22 2013 Michigan Dept of Public Instruction Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction 1877 page 22 James W King compiler Manual for the Use of the Legislature of Michigan 1873 page 470 Michigan Deaths and Burials Index 1867 1995 entry for Thomas Ripley retrieved via Ancestry com September 22 2013 Thomas Cornell Ripley at Find A GraveExternal links editUnited States Congress Thomas C Ripley id R000267 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress U S House of RepresentativesPreceded byRichard P Herrick Member of the U S House of Representatives from New York s 12th congressional districtDecember 7 1846 March 3 1847 Succeeded byGideon Reynolds Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Thomas C Ripley amp oldid 1140590030, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
