Thomas Cornell
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Thomas Cornell (January 27, 1814 - March 30, 1890) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Born in White Plains, New York, Cornell attended the public schools. He engaged in the steamboat transportation business between Rondout and New York City in 1843, and also in the railroad business and banking. Commissioned major in the New York Militia during the Civil War.
Cornell was elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress (March 4, 1867-March 3, 1869). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1868 to the Forty-first Congress.
Cornell was again elected to the Forty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1881-March 3, 1883). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress. He resumed the transportation business and banking in Kingston, New York. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1884. He died in Kingston, New York, March 30, 1890. He was interred in Montrepose Cemetery.
