House 1856 (District 6); Republican Constitutional Convention 1857 (District 6); Senate 1861 (District 18)
Party when first elected: Not Available
Counties Served:
Dakota, Rice, Scott
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth:
10/3/1825
Birth Place:
, Pennsylvania
Birth County:
Birth Country:
United States
Date of Death:
2/22/1909
Gender:
Male
Religion:
Reported Minority: None Reported
Other Names:
Thos. J., T.J., Jacob T.
City of Residence (when first elected):
Shakopee
Occupation (when first elected):
Lawyer
EDUCATION
Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania; Attended College;
Read Law;
OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
County Government:
Montour County, Pennsylvania (County Clerk);
[Dates Unknown]
Territorial Republican Constitutional Convention:
6th Council District, Minnesota Territory;
07/13/1857 to 08/29/1857
U.S. Executive Branch:
United States Bureau of Indian Affairs, Lower Sioux Agent, Minnesota;
03/30/1861 to 1862
[Appointed]
Judge:
Montana Fifth Judicial District (District Judge);
1889 to 01/02/1893
[Elected]
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
Spouse:
Henrietta Garrison (married April 5, 1855; she died in 1883)
Children:
Eleven children: (six boys and five girls)
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:
GENERAL NOTES
Toensing lists his first name and middle initial as Jacob T. for the 1856 session. The Minnesota Journal of the House, 1856, and The History of Minnesota: from the French Explorations to the Present Time, 1873 list Thomas J. The Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1861 lists Thos. J.
He came to Minnesota in 1854.
His parents were Scotch-Irish.
He was a member of the Republican Party.
According to An Illustrated History of the State of Montana, he was originally a Whig, but had been a Republican since the party was organized.
He read law under Hon. Joshua W. Comly in Pennsylvania and was admitted to the bar in 1852.
He died in Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming and was buried in Lakeview Cemetery in that same city.