John Arnot, Jr.

John Arnot, Jr.

John Arnot, Jr. (March 11, 1831 - November 20, 1886) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in Elmira, New York, Arnot was educated at private schools in his native city.He entered Yale College, but left before graduation to enter business. Upon the death of his father became engaged in banking in Elmira.He served as president of the village 1859-1864.He served as president of the board of trustees of the village of Elmira in 1859, 1860, and 1864. During the Civil War served as Army paymaster with the rank of major in Elmira. When the village of Elmira was chartered as a city, was elected mayor in 1864, 1870, and 1874.He declined the proffered nomination as Democratic candidate for Congress in 1882, but accepted nomination at a subsequent convention.

Arnot was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses and served from March 4, 1883, until his death in Elmira, New York, November 20, 1886.He was interred in Woodlawn Cemetery.

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