John C. Churchill

John Charles Churchill (January 17, 1821 - June 4, 1905) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in Mooers, New York, Churchill attended the Burr Seminary, Manchester, Vermont, and was graduated from Middlebury College, Vermont, in 1843.He was a teacher of languages in the Castleton Seminary, Vermont, and a tutor in Middlebury College.He attended the Dane Law School of Harvard University.He was admitted to the bar in 1847 and commenced practice in Oswego, New York, in 1848.He served as member of the Oswego Board of Education 1853-1856.He served as member of the board of supervisors of Oswego County in 1854 and 1855.He served as prosecuting attorney 1857-1860.He served as judge of Oswego County 1860-1864.He was appointed by Governor Morgan commissioner to superintend the draft for Oswego County in 1862 and 1863.

Churchill was elected as a Republican to the Fortieth and Forty-first Congresses (March 4, 1867-March 3, 1871).He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings (Forty-first Congress).He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1876.He was an unsuccessful candidate for secretary of state of New York in 1877.He was again a member of the Oswego Board of Education, and president of the board in 1879 and 1880.He was appointed associate justice of the supreme court of New York to fill a vacancy January 17, 1881.He was subsequently elected, and served until the expiration of his term by age limit December 31, 1891.He died in Oswego, New York, June 4, 1905.He was interred in Riverside Cemetery.

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