John G. Schumaker

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(June 27, 1826 — November 23, 1905) John Godfrey Schumaker was an American politician and lawyer. Schumaker was born in Columbia County, New York in 1826. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1847. Schumaker served as a delegate to the State constitutional conventions in 1862, 1867, and 1894. He was first elected to the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat and served from March, 1869 to March, 1871; and again elected to the Forty-Third Congress and served from March, 1873 to March, 1877. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/S000147]

Member of New York Delegation—The Civil Rights Act of 1875.

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