Thomas CHILD, Jr., Congress, NY (1818-1869)

CHILD Thomas, Jr. , a Representative from New York; born in Bakersfield, near St. Albans, Vt., March 22, 1818; attended the common schools and entered the University of Vermont at Burlington at the age of fourteen; member of the State constitutional convention in 1838; studied law; was admitted to the bar in September 1839 and commenced practice in East Berkshire, Vt.; justice of the peace in 1840; moved to New York City about 1848 and engaged in the distilling business; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-fourth Congress on March 4, 1855, but never qualified or attended a session owing to illness; by resolution adopted on March 3, 1857, the House resolved that his salary be computed and 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''; moved to Port Richmond, Staten Island, N.Y., in 1857 and retired from active business; supervisor of the town of Northfield, N.Y., in 1865 and 1866; member of the State assembly in 1866; died in Port Richmond, Staten Island, N.Y., March 9, 1869; interment in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present