John B. Haskin

John Bussing Haskin (August 27, 1821 - September 18, 1895) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in Fordham (now a part of New York City), New York, Haskin attended the public schools.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1843 and commenced practice in New York City in 1845. Civil justice of New York City 1847-1849. Supervisor of Fordham 1850-1853. Corporation attorney 1853-1856.

Haskin was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth Congress and reelected as an Anti-Lecompton Democrat to the Thirty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1857-March 3, 1861).He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy (Thirty-fifth Congress), Committee on Public Expenditures (Thirty-sixth Congress).He resumed the practice of law. Supervisor of the town of West Farms, New York, in 1863.He died at Friends Lake, New York, September 18, 1895.He was interred in Woodlawn Cemetery, New York City.

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