Thomas Lathrop Bunting (April 24, 1844 – December 27, 1898) was an American businessman and politician who served one term as a

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from New York from 1891 to 1893.

Biography

Born in

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, Bunting was educated in the common schools and the Griffith Institute,

Springville, New York Springville is a village in the southeastern section of the town of Concord in Erie County, New York, United States. Springville is the principal community in the town and a major business location in southern Erie County. The population was 4,2 ...

. He taught school in winters and attended the academy in summer months. Illness having interrupted his preparation for college, he moved to

Hamburg, New York Hamburg is a town in Erie County, New York, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town had a population of 56,936. It is named after the city of Hamburg, Germany. The town is on the western border of the county and is south of Buffalo. Ham ...

, in 1868 and later established a general mercantile store. He engaged in the canning business.

Congress

Bunting was elected as a

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to the Fifty-second Congress (March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1892.

Later career and death

He resumed the canning business and also became interested in farming, dairying, and stock raising. He died in

Buffalo, New York Buffalo is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of New York (behind only New York City) and the seat of Erie County. It is at the eastern end of Lake Erie, at the head of the Niagara River, and is across the Canadian border from Sou ...

, December 27, 1898. He was interred in Forest Lawn Cemetery at

References

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