Erastus Johnson Turner (December 26, 1846 – February 10, 1933) was a

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from

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. Born in Lockport, Pennsylvania, Turner attended college in

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, in 1859 and 1860. He moved to Bloomfield, Iowa, in 1860. Enlisted in Company E,

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, in 1864 and served until the close of the

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. He attended Adrian (Michigan) College 1866-1868. He was

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in 1871 and commenced practice at Bloomfield, Iowa. He moved to Hoxie, Kansas, in 1879 and resumed the practice of law. He served as member of the

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1881-1885. Secretary of the Kansas Board of Railroad Commissioners from April 1, 1883, to August 1, 1886. Turner was elected as a

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to the Fiftieth and Fifty-first Congresses (March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1890. Practiced law several years in

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He moved to

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, in 1905 and continued the practice of law. He retired from active pursuits in 1916 and moved to

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, where he died on February 10, 1933. He was interred in Forest Lawn Mausoleum, Glendale, California.

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