US SENATOR OMAHA NEBRASKA COMMISSIONER ST LOUIS EXPOSITION DOCUMENT SIGNED CHECK

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US SENATOR OMAHA NEBRASKA COMMISSIONER ST LOUIS EXPOSITION DOCUMENT SIGNED CHECK:
$17.99

JOHN MELLENTHURSTON

(1847- 1916)

UNITED STATES REPUBLICAN SENATOR FROMOMAHA, NEBRASKA 1895-1901,

U. S. COMMISSIONER OF THE ST. LOUISEXPOSITION IN 1901-1904,

MEMBER OF THE NEBRASKA STATE HOUSE OFREPRESENTATIVES 1875-1877

APPOINTED GENERAL SOLICITOR OF THEUNION PACIFIC RAILROAD 1877-1888!

Thurston also served asa member of the Omaha, Nebraska City Council 1872-1874, and City Attorney ofOmaha 1874-1877.

ThurstonCounty, Nebraska is named in his honor!

HERE\'S A DOCUMENT SIGNED BY THURSTON – A RIGGS NATIONALBANK CHECK, WASHINGTON, D.C., NOV. 18, 1901, PAYING THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB$16.20. THE CHECK BEARS AN ATTRACTIVE VIGNETTE OF THE RIGGS BANK’S BUILDING.

The document measures 7” x 2¾” and is in VERY GOODCONDITION.

A FINE ADDITION TO YOUR NEBRASKAPOLITICAL HISTORY, and ST. LOUIS EXPO AUTOGRAPH, MANUSCRIPT & EPHEMERACOLLECTION!!

Biography of theHonorable

John M. Thurston

John Mellen Thurston (August 21, 1847–August 9, 1916) was a United States Senator from Nebraska.

Thurston was born in Montpelier, Vermont.He moved with his parents to Madison, Wisconsin,in 1854 and two years later to Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.He attended the public schools and graduated from Wayland Universityin Beaver Dam, where he studied law. Thurston was admitted to the bar in 1869and commenced practice in Omaha,Nebraska. He was a city councilman 1872–1874 and the cityattorney of Omaha 1874–1877. Thurston then served in the Nebraska House of Representatives1875–1877.

He married Martha S. Poland, born May 12, 1849. Her father, Col. LutherPoland, was the son of Deacon Luther Poland, a Vermont pioneer. Her uncle, LukeP. Poland, was a United States Senator and Member of Congress for a number ofyears, and for nearly a quarter of a century was Chief Justice of Vermont. Onher mother\'s side, Poland was of Puritan ancestry, the family name, Bennett,being conspicuous in New England history. Her parents moved to Wisconsin whenshe was five years old, where she was reared, completing her education at theWisconsin State University. On Christmas, 1872, she married to John M. Thurston,then a struggling young attorney of Omaha, Nebraska.

He was appointed assistant attorney of the Union Pacific Railroadin 1877 and general solicitor in 1888. He was a presidential elector on theRepublican ticket in 1880. In 1893, Thurston was an unsuccessful Republicancandidate for United States Senator; he was elected as a Republicanto the United States Senatetwo years later and served from March 4, 1895, to March 4, 1901. During histerm, Thurston served as the chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee onIndian Affairs (Fifty-sixth Congress). He was not acandidate for reelection in 1901. He was appointed as the United Statescommissioner to the St. Louis Expositionin 1901. He moved to Washington,D.C., and resumed the practice of law; then in 1915, Thurstonreturned to Omaha and joined Edwin T. Morrison and Joseph Crow in the law firmof Thurston, Crow & Morrison. He practiced law in Omaha until his death onAugust 9, 1916. His remains were cremated at Forest Lawn Cemeteryin Omaha and the ashes were interred in the Congressional Cemetery, Washington,D.C.

Between 1885 and 1890, his portrait was painted in Omaha by artist Herbert A. Collins.

Thurston County, Nebraskais named after him.

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