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John Bussing Haskin (August 27, 1821 – September 18, 1895) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a
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from 1857 to 1861.


Biography

Born in Fordham,
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, Haskin attended the public schools. He studied law, was
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in 1843 and commenced practice in
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Political career

In 1847, he elected a Civil Justice of
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, serving on the bench until the office was abolished in 1849. He subsequently relocated to the Bronx. When West Farms was incorporated, he served as
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from 1850 to 1851 and 1857 to 1860, and he was the town's Corporation Counsel from 1853 to 1856.


Tenure in Congress

Haskin was elected as a
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to the Thirty-fifth Congress and re-elected as an Anti-Lecompton Democrat to the Thirty-sixth Congress, serving from March 4, 1857, to March 3, 1861. During his tenure, he served as Chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy (Thirty-fifth Congress) and the Committee on Public Expenditures (Thirty-sixth Congress).


Later career and death

After leaving Congress, Haskin resumed practicing law, and was elected to another term as Town Supervisor in 1863. Haskin died at Friends Lake in
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, on September 18, 1895. He was interred in
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References


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*John Thomas Scharf, editor
History of Westchester County, New York
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