Joel Turrill was a judge, politician, and diplomat from New York

New York

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Life

Joel Turrill was born February 22, 1794 in Shoreham, Vermont

Shoreham, Vermont

Shoreham is a town in Addison County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,222 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 46.3 square miles , of which 43.5 square miles is land and 2.8 square miles is...

 and attended the common school. He later graduated from Middlebury College in 1816. He studied law in Newburgh, New York and later moved to Oswego, New York

Oswego, New York

Oswego is a city in Oswego County, New York, United States. The population was 18,142 at the 2010 census. Oswego is located on Lake Ontario in north-central New York and promotes itself as "The Port City of Central New York"...

 to practice after being admitted to the bar

Admission to the bar in the United States

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 in 1819. He served as Justice of the Peace

Justice of the Peace

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, County judge 1828-1833, and member of the State assembly in 1831.

Turrill was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third

23rd United States Congress

-House of Representatives:For the beginning of this congress, the size of the House was increased from 213 seats to 240 seats, following the 1830 United States Census .- Leadership :- Senate :* President: Martin Van Buren...

 and Twenty-fourth

24th United States Congress

-House of Representatives:During this congress one House seat was added for each of the new states of Arkansas and Michigan.-Leadership:- Senate :* President: Martin Van Buren * President pro tempore: William R. King - House of Representatives :...

 Congresses in the House of Representatives

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 from March 4, 1833 to March 3, 1837.
He was not a candidate for reelection in 1836.
He served as district attorney for Oswego County 1838-1840, and surrogate of Oswego County in 1843.
He was appointed United States consul

Consul (representative)

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 to the Kingdom of Hawaii

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 1845-1850.
He died in Oswego, New York

Oswego, New York

Oswego is a city in Oswego County, New York, United States. The population was 18,142 at the 2010 census. Oswego is located on Lake Ontario in north-central New York and promotes itself as "The Port City of Central New York"...

, December 28, 1859 and was interred in Riverside Cemetery

Riverside Cemetery (Oswego, New York)

Riverside Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery and national historic district located at Oswego in Oswego County, New York. It was established in 1855 and designed by landscape srchitect Burton Arnold Thomas . Within the boundaries of this contributing site are six contributing buildings, 12...

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