Joseph Hasbrouck Tuthill (February 25, 1811 – July 27, 1877) was a
U.S. Representative
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from New York, nephew of
Selah Tuthill.
Biography
Joseph. H. Tuthill was born in
Blooming Grove, New York
Blooming Grove is a town in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 18,811 at the 2020 census. It is located in the central part of the county, southwest of Newburgh.
History
Vincent Mathews was likely the earliest settle ...
on February 25, 1811. He was educated in Blooming Grove and
Shawangunk, where he moved with his parents in 1824.
He moved to New York City in 1828, Ulsterville (now a hamlet of
Wawarsing) in 1832, and
Ellenville (also part of Wawarsing) in 1834. Tuthill was a merchant and farmer, including serving as President of the Ellenville Glass Works and President of the Ellenville Savings Bank. In addition, he served as Ellenville's Postmaster.
A
Democrat
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, he served as Wawarsing
Town Supervisor
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and a member of the
Ulster County
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Board of Supervisors from 1842 to 1843, 1862 to 1863 and 1866 to 1869. From 1843 to 1847 he was
County Clerk
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.
During the
Civil War
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Tuthill served as
Excise Commissioner for Ulster County, responsible for collecting taxes on goods and services levied to support the war effort and assessing
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on individuals who attempted to evade paying the taxes.
Tuthill was an unsuccessful candidate for Congress in 1866. In 1870 he ran successfully for a seat in the
Forty-second Congress and served one term, March 4, 1871, to March 3, 1873.
Death and burial
He died in Ellenville on July 27, 1877. He was interred in Fantinekill Cemetery, near Ellenville.
Family
Joseph H. Tuthill was the nephew of
Selah Tuthill, who was also elected to Congress, but died before taking his seat.
[Jeffrey D. Schultz, editor]
The Encyclopedia of the Democratic Party
Volume 3, 1997, page 392
References
External links
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1811 births
1877 deaths
People from Blooming Grove, New York
People from Wawarsing, New York
New York (state) postmasters
Town supervisors in New York (state)
People of New York (state) in the American Civil War
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)
19th-century New York (state) politicians
19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives