John Newton HUNGERFORD, Congress, NY (1825-1883)

HUNGERFORD, John Newton, a Representative from New York; born in Vernon, Oneida County, N.Y., December 31, 1825; completed preparatory studies; was graduated from Hamilton College at Clinton, N.Y., in 1846; settled in Corning, N.Y., in 1848 and engaged in the banking business; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1872; elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1877-March 3, 1879); resumed banking business; died in Corning, N.Y., April 2, 1883; interment in Glenwood Cemetery, Watkins Glen, N.Y.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present