John M. Thurston

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John M. Thurston
United States Senator
from Nebraska
In office
March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1901
Preceded byCharles F. Manderson
Succeeded byJoseph Millard
Member of the Nebraska House of Representatives
In office
1875–1877
Personal details
Born
John Mellen Thurston

(1847-08-21)August 21, 1847
Montpelier, Vermont
DiedAugust 9, 1916(1916-08-09) (aged 68)
Omaha, Nebraska
NationalityAmerican
Political partyRepublican

John Mellen Thurston (August 21, 1847 – August 9, 1916) was a United States Senator from Nebraska.

Thurston was born in Montpelier, Vermont,[1][2] the son of Daniel Sylvester Thurston and Ruth (née Mellen).[2] He moved with his parents to Madison, Wisconsin, in 1854 and two years later to Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. He attended the public schools and graduated from Wayland University in Beaver Dam, where he studied law.[2] Thurston was admitted to the bar in 1869 and commenced practice in Omaha, Nebraska.[2] He was a city councilman from 1872 to 1874 and the city attorney of Omaha from 1874 to 1877. Thurston then served in the Nebraska House of Representatives from 1875 to 1877.

He married

Martha L. Poland (1849–1898) in 1872.[2] After her death in 1898, he married Leodora "Lola" Purman in 1899.[2][3][4]

He was appointed assistant attorney of the

Forest Lawn Cemetery
in Omaha and the ashes were interred in the Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.

Between 1885 and 1890, his portrait was painted in Omaha by artist Herbert A. Collins.[5]

Thurston County, Nebraska is named after him.

  • Martha S. Poland
    Martha S. Poland
  • Clarence Luther Thurston, son of John Mellen Thurston
    Clarence Luther Thurston, son of John Mellen Thurston
  • Grace and Jean Thurston, daughters of John Mellen Thurston
    Grace and Jean Thurston, daughters of John Mellen Thurston

References

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  5. ^ Biography of Herbert Alexander Collins, by Alfred W. Collins, February 1975, 4 pages typed, in the possession of Collins' great-great grand-daughter, D. Dahl of Tacoma, WA

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U.S. Senate
Preceded by U.S. senator (Class 2) from Nebraska
1895–1901
Served alongside: William V. Allen, Monroe L. Hayward, William V. Allen 		Succeeded by
Joseph H. Millard
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