Thomas L. Bunting

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Thomas Lathrop Bunting (April 24, 1844 – December 27, 1898) was an American businessman and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1891 to 1893.

Thomas L. Bunting
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 33rd district
In office
March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893
Preceded byJohn M. Wiley
Succeeded byCharles Daniels
Personal details
Born(1844-04-24)April 24, 1844
Eden, New York
DiedDecember 27, 1898(1898-12-27) (aged 54)
Buffalo, New York
Political partyDemocratic
Occupationgeneral store owner, canning

Biography

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Born in Eden, New York, Bunting was educated in the common schools and the Griffith Institute, Springville, New York. He taught school in winters and attended the academy in summer months. Illness having interrupted his preparation for college, he moved to Hamburg, New York, in 1868 and later established a general mercantile store. He engaged in the canning business.

Congress

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Bunting was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second Congress (March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1892.

Later career and death

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He resumed the canning business and also became interested in farming, dairying, and stock raising.

He died in Buffalo, New York, on December 27, 1898. He was interred in Forest Lawn Cemetery at Hamburg, New York.

References

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  • United States Congress. "Thomas L. Bunting (id: B001067)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 33rd congressional district

1891–1893
Succeeded by

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