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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—CaliforniaThomas Jefferson CLUNIE
(1852-1903)
CLUNIE, Thomas Jefferson,
a Representative from California; born in St. John’s,
Newfoundland, March 25, 1852, while his parents were on a visit
there from Massachusetts; moved with his parents to California in
1854; returned to the East and settled in Maine, and then went back
to California in 1861; attended the public schools; studied law;
was admitted to the bar in 1868 and commenced practice in
Sacramento in 1870; member of the State assembly in 1875; delegate
to the Democratic National Convention in 1884; served in the State
senate 1887-1889; took an active part in the State militia, and was
retired as brigadier general; elected as a Democrat to the
Fifty-first Congress (March 4, 1889-March 3, 1891); was an
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890 to the Fifty-second
Congress; resumed the practice of his profession; died in San
Francisco, Calif., on June 30, 1903; interment in the City
Cemetery, Sacramento, Calif.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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