John Godfrey Schumaker (June 27, 1826 – November 23, 1905) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a

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from 1869 to 1871.

Biography

Born in Claverack, Columbia County, Schumaker completed preparatory studies in the Lenox Academy in Massachusetts. He studied law, was admitted to the

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and commenced practice in 1847. In 1853, he moved to

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and continued the practice of law. He was

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for Kings County (Brooklyn) from 1856 to 1859, and was corporation counsel for the city of Brooklyn from 1862 to 1864. He was a member of the State constitutional conventions in 1862, 1867, and 1894, and was a delegate to the

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in 1864.

Congress

Schumaker was elected as a

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to the Forty-first Congress, holding office from March 4, 1869, to March 3, 1871; he was not a candidate for renomination in 1870, but was elected to the Forty-third and Forty-fourth Congresses, again holding office from March 4, 1873, to March 3, 1877. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1876 to the Forty-fifth Congress.

Later career and death

After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of law. He died in Brooklyn in 1905; interment was in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schumaker, John 1826 births 1905 deaths People from Claverack, New York Politicians from Brooklyn Kings County District Attorneys Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) 19th-century American politicians