Thomas Y. Howe Jr. Explained

Thomas Y. Howe Jr.
Birth Name:	Thomas Yardley Howe Jr.
State:	New York
District:	25th
Term Start:	March 4, 1851
Term End:	March 3, 1853
Predecessor:	Harmon S. Conger
Successor:	Edwin B. Morgan
Birth Date:	1801
Birth Place:	Auburn, New York, U.S.
Death Place:	Auburn, New York, U.S.
Resting Place:	Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, New York, U.S.
Party:	Democratic

Thomas Yardley Howe Jr. (1801July 15, 1860) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1851 to 1853.

Early life and education

Born in Auburn, New York, Howe completed preparatory studies, studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced in Auburn.^[1]

Business career

Howe was also involved in several businesses, including treasurer and a member of the board of directors for the Auburn and Syracuse Railroad,^[2] president of the Lake Ontario, Auburn and New York Railroad,^[3] editor of the Cayuga New Era newspaper,^[4] and trustee of the Auburn Savings Bank.^[5]

Political career

A Democrat, Howe served on the board of inspectors for the Auburn State Prison from 1834 to 1838.^[6] He was elected Surrogate Judge of Cayuga County and served from March 18, 1836, to April 14, 1840.^[7]

Congress

Howe was elected to represent New York's 25th District in the Thirty-second Congress, and he served from March 4, 1851 to March 3, 1853.^[8] He did not run for reelection.

Later political career

Eschewing a re-election campaign for Congress, he ran instead for Mayor of Auburn. He was elected and served a one-year term, March 1853 to March 1854.^[9]

Death

Howe died in Auburn on July 15, 1860,^[10] and was buried at Fort Hill Cemetery in Auburn.^[11] Howe was one of the donors of the land for the cemetery, had been an incorporator of the Fort Hill Cemetery Association, and was secretary of the association's first board of trustees.^{[12] [13]}

Name

His last name is sometimes spelled "How", which is how it appears on his gravestone.

Notes and References

1. Book: Hayward, John . etal . 1834. The New-England and New-York law-register, for the year 1835 . Boston . John Hayward. 210.
   - 1849 . The American Law Journal. 1 . Professional Cards. Lancaster, Pennsylvania . Hamersly & Co. . 240. July 9, 2020.
2. Book: 1849 . Annual Report on the Railroads of the State of New York . New York State State Engineer and Surveyor. 27.
3. Book: November 1854 . The American Phrenological Journal and Repository of Science . New York . Flowers and Wells . 114.
4. Book: Monroe, Joel Henry . 1913 . Historical Records of a Hundred and Twenty Years, Auburn, N. Y. . Geneva, New York . W. F. Humphrey . 121 .
5. Book: Stevens, Frederic Bliss . 1915 . History of the Savings Banks Association of the State of New York: 1892-1914 . New York . Doubleday, Page & Company . 570.
6. Book: New York State Assembly . 1836 . Journal of the Assembly of the State of New York . Albany . E. Croswell . 234.
7. Book: Added Hall, Henry . 1869 . The History of Auburn. Auburn, New York . Dennis Bro's & Co. . 519.
8. Book: Hall, Henry . 1869 . The History of Auburn. Auburn, New York . Dennis Bro's & Co. . 528.
9. Book: Hall, Henry . 1869 . The History of Auburn. Auburn, New York . Dennis Bro's & Co. . 509.
10. News: Death notice, Thomas Y. Howe Jr. . Albany Atlas and Argus . July 18, 1860.
11. Book: Rosell, Lydia J. . 2001 . Auburn's Fort Hill Cemetery. Charleston, South Carolina. Arcadia Publishing . 34 . 0-7385-0957-4.
12. Book: Fort Hill Cemetery Association . 1853. Handbook of the Fort Hill Cemetery . Auburn, New York . W. J. Moses . 62.
13. Book: Monroe, Joel Henry . 1913 . Historical Records of a Hundred and Twenty Years, Auburn, New York . Geneva, New York . W. F. Humphrey . 187.