Thomas Burr Osborne (July 8, 1798 – September 2, 1869) was a U.S. Representative from

Connecticut Connecticut ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. ...

. He also served as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives and Connecticut Senate.

Early life and family

Born in Easton, Connecticut (called Weston at the time), the son of Jeremiah and Anna (Sherwood) Osborne,''Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University'', New Haven, Connecticut, 1869-1870, pp. 344-5. he was graduated from

Yale College Yale College is the undergraduate college of Yale University. Founded in 1701, it is the original school of the university. Although other Yale schools were founded as early as 1810, all of Yale was officially known as Yale College until 1887, ...

in 1817. He was married to Elizabeth Huntington Dimon, daughter of Ebenezer Dimon. Their daughter Mary Elizabeth Osborne married Henry B. Harrison, Governor of Connecticut from 1885 to 1887. Their son Arthur Dimon Osborne (April 17, 1828 – April 14, 1920) was a lawyer, law professor at

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...

, and president of the Second National Bank of New Haven. His son Thomas Burr Osborne (August 5, 1859 – January 29, 1929) was a biochemist and co-discoverer of

Vitamin A Vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin that is an essential nutrient. The term "vitamin A" encompasses a group of chemically related organic compounds that includes retinol, retinyl esters, and several provitamin (precursor) carotenoids, most not ...

Political career

He was admitted to the bar in 1820 and commenced practice in

Fairfield, Connecticut Fairfield is a New England town, town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It borders the city of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Bridgeport and towns of Trumbull, Connecticut, Trumbull, Easton, Connecticut, Easton, Weston, Connecticut, W ...

. He served as clerk of the county and superior courts 1826–1839. He served as member of the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1836. Osborne was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843). He served as chairman of the Committee on Patents (Twenty-seventh Congress). He served in the Connecticut Senate in 1844, and the same year was appointed judge of the Fairfield County Court, which office he held for several years. He was again a member of the state House of Representatives in 1850. He served as judge of probate for Fairfield district in 1851.

Later life

He moved to New Haven in 1854. Osborne was a professor at Yale Law School from 1855 until 1865, when he resigned. He died in

New Haven, Connecticut New Haven is a city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is located on New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of Long Island Sound. With a population of 135,081 as determined by the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census, New Haven is List ...

and was interred in Evergreen Cemetery.

References

;Notes ;Sources {{DEFAULTSORT:Osborne, Thomas Burr 1798 births 1869 deaths Connecticut state court judges Connecticut state senators Members of the Connecticut House of Representatives Lawyers from Fairfield, Connecticut Politicians from New Haven, Connecticut Yale College alumni Yale University faculty Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut People from Easton, Connecticut 19th-century Connecticut state court judges 19th-century American lawyers 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives 19th-century members of the Connecticut General Assembly