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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—NebraskaTurner Mastin MARQUETTE
(1831-1894)
MARQUETTE, Turner Mastin,
a Representative from Nebraska; born near Springfield, Clark
County, Ohio, July 19, 1831; attended the common schools, the
Springfield High School, and Wittenberg College, Springfield, Ohio,
and was graduated from Ohio University at Athens in 1855; moved to
Plattsmouth, Nebr., in 1856; studied law; was admitted to the bar
and commenced practice in Plattsmouth, Nebr., in 1859; member of
the Territorial assembly 1857-1859; served in the Territorial
council in 1860 and 1861; upon the admission of Nebraska as a State
into the Union was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth
Congress and served two days only, March 2 and 3, 1867; had also
been elected as a Delegate from the Territory of Nebraska to the
Fortieth Congress, but the admission of the State voided the
election; resumed the practice of law in Plattsmouth; moved to
Lincoln, Nebr., in 1874; general attorney for the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy Railroad from 1869 until his death in
Tampa, Hillsborough County, Fla., December 22, 1894; interment in
Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Nebr.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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