Thomas C. Ripley (January 2, 1807 – February 12, 1897) was a United States representative from New York.
Biography Thomas Cornell Ripley was born in Broadalbin, New York on January 2, 1807.Michigan State Historical Society, Historical Collections, Volume 28, 1900, pages 84-85 (Some sources indicate Easton, New York.) He graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1828,Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Biographical Record of the Officers and Graduates of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1887, page 185 Studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practised in Little Falls.Nathaniel Soley Benton, A History of Herkimer County: Including the Upper Mohawk Valley, 1856, page 485 He subsequently relocated to Schaghticoke.1840 United States Federal Census, entry for T. C. Ripley, accessed via Ancestry.com, September 22, 20131850 United States Federal Census, entry for Thomas E. Ripley, retrieved via Ancestry.com, September 22, 2013Troy Daily Whig, Rensselaer Whig Nominations, September 9, 1846
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.Ritchie & Heiss, printers, Journal of the U.S. House of Representatives, December 7, 1846, page 7
In 1854, he moved to Saginaw, Michigan, where he farmed and continued to practice law.Selected U.S. Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880, 1860 entry for Thomas C. Ripley, retrieved via Ancestry.com, September 22, 20131880 United States Federal Census, entry for Thomas C. Ripley, retrieved via Ancestry.com, September 22, 2013 He joined the Republican Party at its founding and held several local offices, including School Superintendent.Michigan. Dept. of Public Instruction, Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1877, page 22 He served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 1873 to 1874.James W. King, compiler, Manual for the Use of the Legislature of Michigan, 1873, page 470
Ripley died in Saginaw on February 12, 1897.Michigan, Deaths and Burials Index, 1867-1995, entry for Thomas Ripley, retrieved via Ancestry.com, September 22, 2013
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