Joel Turrill

Joel Turrill (February 22, 1794 – December 28, 1859) was a judge, politician, and diplomat from New York.

Joel Turrill.

Life

Turrill was born February 22, 1794 in Shoreham, Vermont 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 to practice after being admitted to the bar in 1819. He served as Justice of the Peace, County judge 1828-1833, and member of the State assembly in 1831.

Turrill was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses in the House of Representatives 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 to the Kingdom of Hawaii 1845-1850.[1] He died in Oswego, New York, December 28, 1859 and was interred in Riverside Cemetery.[2]

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References
  1. Richard A. Greer (1995). "A. G. Abell's Hawaiian Interlude". Hawaiian Journal of History. 29. Hawaii Historical Society. pp. 57–74. hdl:10524/441.
  2. United States Congress. "Joel Turrill (id: T000435)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
David P. Brewster		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 17th congressional district
1833–1837		 Succeeded by
Abraham P. Grant
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Alexander G. Abell		 U.S. Consul to Kingdom of Hawaii
1846–1850		 Succeeded by
Elisha Hunt Allen

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