The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-12-19
THURMAN DEAD.

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years.
Allen Cranberry Thurman has
carved his name deeply in the rec
ords of his country. He was born in
Lynchburg, Va, November 10, 1918.
For six generations his ancestors
had been natives of Virginia. His
father was the Rev. 2. Thur
man. His mother was the only
daughter of Col. Nathaniel Allen,
father of William Allen of this
late in life, became governor of Ohio.
When Allen Thurman was but
years old his parents removed from
Lynchburg to Chillicothe, Ohio, and
there he was educated and resided
until he removed to Columbus in
l1S52, which ever since has been bis
home. He studied law with his un-
Gle, William Allen, the United States
senator, aud subsequently with Noah
Fl. Swayne, afterward an associate
Justice of the supreme court OF the
United States. He was admitted to
the bar in 1885, and his sole ambi-
ton was to become a good lawyer
with fair practice.
In 1874 against his protest, he was
nominated for member of congress
and was elected after a quiet can
vass, in which there was nothing on
his side bnt his wise, and homely
speeches, reversing an adverse. ma
jority by over 600 votes. He was
put on the judiciary committee of the
house and soon became distinguished
as a great lawyer. He declined re-
election at the close of his term and
retired, as he thought, to private
life for good and all. But in 1851,
when the new constitution of Ohio
was adopted, he was pressed into the
race for supreme court judgeship
and was elected, leading his ticket
by over 1000 votes. He sat upon
the bench for four years, the last
two years serving as chief Justice.
In 1867, after a season of rest, he
was put forward as democratic
candidate for the governorship, Gen,
Rutherford B., afterward president,
= Hayes leading the republican hosts.
There was no chance for democrat
!, ic victory, the republican majority
a the year before having been $4,000.
, Under Judge Thurman's sledge ham,
mer blows, however, this enormous
majority was beaten down t6h trifle
less than 5000 end the aHttslature
r was captured by deci,ite majority,
4 insuring the defeat of IBaadWade,
= Judge Thurman was elected in Mr..
9 Wade's stead and took his seat in
!. the senate in 1859. o,.
8 Here he served two full terms,
d from 1869 to 1881. In his ee!pTwenty
. Years of Congress- Mr.. Bialne says
g of Mr.. Thurman, that "hfPFank in
o the senate was established ftbm the
d day he took his seat and was never
lowered during the period of service.
His retirement from the senate was
) serious loss to the partt0a loss,
3 indeed, to the body. He leH behind
Il him the respect of all with Whom he
. had been associated during hs twelve
d years of honorable service."i,
Judge Thurman, as he is known in
'' Columbus, was for many years
d poss Bile candidate for the presidency,
u and perhaps if he bad ever employed
Q the ordinary electioneering expedi-
3 ents, he would have received the
% nomination. He has always clung
II to the old fashioned idea, however,
IL that the nomination should not be
y indecorously sought for and could
u not be in honor declined.
In 1888 he was the democratic
nominee for vice. president on the
:. ticket with Grover Cleveland, the
- year in which Harrison and Morton
were elected. Since then Thurman
> has been in retirement.
The red bandana, which fiuttered
:, into such significant prominence
>. Immediately after his nomination to
the vice presidency, was waved
triumphantly in the United States
senate chamber from 1869 to 1881,
, and during those years in which Mr..
= Thurman was the representative Of
Ohio. From the breast pocket of his
coat there might always be seen the
protruding corner OF red silk
. handkerchief, known throughout the
south and southwest as a "bandana, {"
and popular in the era with snuff
takers.
In November, 1874, he married
ct Mary, daughter of Mr.. Walter Dunn,
va of Fayette county, Ky. She was
oil reared in Chillicothe, and she and
a. her husband were schoolmates from
or childhood. Mrs. Thurman was always
lit noted as a most admirable woman,
ne devoted to her home, her husband
" and her children.
TX Judge Thurman has been one of
he the most thorough scholars in public
= life in this country. Always a stu
es dent, he became early in life great
be lawyer, and since then devoted
u much time to lighter study. A fine
,k French scholar, his favorite books
a. were the works of the earlier French
IA dramatists, which he read in the
No original. He had an unusually large
he and well selected library, and there