John Laughlin (New York politician)
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|death_date={{death date and age|1905|8|4|1856|3|14}}
|birth_place=Newstead, New York
|death_place=Buffalo, New York
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|party = Republican
|office = Member of the New York State Senate
|term_start = 1888
|term_end = 1891
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John Laughlin (March 14, 1856 – August 4, 1905) was an American politician from New York.
Life
John Laughlin was born in Newstead, New York on March 14, 1856.{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofbenchba02mcad/page/226/mode/1up |title=History of the Bench and Bar of New York |volume=II |editor1-first=David |editor1-last=McAdam |editor2-first=Henry Jr. |editor2-last=Bischoff |editor3-first=Richard H. |editor3-last=Clarke |editor4-first=Jackson O. |editor4-last=Dykman |editor5-first=Joshua M. |editor5-last=Van Cott |editor6-first=George G. |editor6-last=Reynolds |publisher=New York History Company |pages=226–228 |date=1897 |access-date=2023-03-15 |via=Internet Archive}} He attended the district schools, and Lockport Union School from 1874 to 1878. Then he studied law with Richard Crowley, was admitted to the bar in 1880, and practiced in Buffalo.
He was a member of the New York State Senate (31st D.) from 1888 to 1891, sitting in the 111th, 112th, 113th and 114th New York State Legislatures. He was a delegate to the 1888 Republican National Convention.
He died suddenly on August 4, 1905, in his apartment at the Lenox Hotel in Buffalo, of "apoplexy".{{Cite news |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1905/08/05/101364915.pdf |title=Obituary Notes; John Laughlin of Buffalo, a former state senator... |newspaper=The New York Times |page=7 |date=1905-08-05 |access-date=2023-03-15}}
References
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Sources
- [https://archive.org/stream/newyorkredbook00unkngoog#page/n469/mode/1up The New York Red Book] compiled by Edgar L. Murlin (published by James B. Lyon, Albany NY, 1897; pg. 403)
- [http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/george-sand/the-evening-journal--almanac-volume-1891-nsl/page-36-the-evening-journal--almanac-volume-1891-nsl.shtml Biographical sketches of the members of the Legislature] in The Evening Journal Almanac (1891)
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| before = Daniel H. McMillan
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31st District
| years = 1888–1891
| after = Matthias Endres
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Category:Republican Party New York (state) state senators
Category:Politicians from Buffalo, New York
Category:19th-century members of the New York State Legislature