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Excerpt from Souvenir of the Old Roman Banquet: Given by the Thurman Club in Honor of Allen G. Thurman on His 77th Birthday Anniversary; Thursday Evening, November Thirteen, Eighteen Hundred and Ninety, at Columbus, Ohio His work aims to present in concise, yet comprehensive, form, the proceedings of the most conspicuous politi cal banquet ever held in this country, and, probably, in the world. It is believed history does not anywhere record a grander testimonial to a private citizen in the quiet retire ment of his home, and that the Old Roman Banquet bids fair to stand, for a long time to come, without a parallel. It is fitting, therefore, that the record be not intrusted to the fading memories of the happy and fortunate participants, but be gathered together and preserved in some permanent form, that all men in all future times may know how well Allen G. Thurman was loved, respected, and honored by his country men. It was the intention to have printed all regrets in full, but the occasion elicited such an unprecedentedly large num ber, that it became necessary to reduce some and merely to acknowledge others, in order not to increase the size of the book to an undesirable extent. The work of discrimination thus devolving upon the editor was an unusually delicate one, which he fain would have avoided, but the results of which. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Thurman was born on November 13, 1813 in Lynchburg, Va. His father, Pleasant Thurman, was a minister of the Methodist Church; his mother, Mary Granberry (Allen) Thurman, was the daughter of Nathaniel Allen, of Edenton, N. C. , the nephew and adopted son of Joseph Hewes. In 1819 his parents removed to Chillicothe, Ohio, where Thurman lived until he removed permanently to Columbus in 1853.
His education was largely directed by his mother, who was a cultured woman. Thurman attended the Chillicothe academy and in early life acquired a knowledge and fondness for French literature that was rare in his day.
When eighteen years of age, he assisted in land surveying and at twenty-one became the private secretary to Gov. Robert Lucas. He had already begun the study of law with his uncle, William Allen, 1803-1879; and at Columbus he continued his legal studies with Noah H. Swayne.
In 1835 he was admitted to the bar and returned to Chillicothe, where he soon formed a partnership with his uncle. For ten years he rode the circuit. As a lawyer he was studious, painstaking in the preparation of his cases, logical in the presentation of his arguments, quick to discover the vulnerable points in those of his adversary, and aggressive. He practised largely in the higher state and federal courts and as early as 1851 was recognized throughout the state as one of its foremost lawyers.
In 1844, he was nominated and elected as the Democratic candidate for representative to Congress. At the end of his term in Congress, he declined to be a candidate for renomination.
He practised law until 1851, when he was elected associate justice of the state supreme court under the new constitution. He was chief justice from December 4, 1854, to February 9, 1856. His mind was instinctively judicial, and the decisions he rendered are notable for their clarity of expression, forceful language, and accurate statements of law. At the expiration of his term, he refused a renomination and resumed his law practice in Columbus.
In 1867 the Democratic party nominated him as its candidate for governor of Ohio against Rutherford B. Hayes. The campaign was fought over the question of negro suffrage and attracted national attention. Hayes was elected by a majority of fewer than 3, 000; but the legislature was Democratic; and Thurman was elected by this body to the federal Senate. It was due to Thurman's political strategy that the Democrats elected William Allen as governor in 1873, carried the legislature, and returned Thurman to the Senate.
Upon entering the Senate he was appointed to the judiciary committee and, when his party obtained a majority in the 46th Congress, he was made its chairman and was also chosen president pro tempore in April 1879, owing to the illness of the vicepresident, William A. Wheeler. He was a member of the electoral commission of 1877 and voted to seat Tilden. In 1881 he was an unsuccessful candidate for reëlection to the Senate.
Upon his retirement, President Garfield appointed him one of the American representatives to the international monetary conference at Paris. He traveled extensively in Europe and shortly after his return home he was selected, with Thomas M. Cooley and Elihu B. Washburne, to arbitrate the great trunk line railroad companies' difficulties about differential rates. He was a presidential candidate in the Democratic conventions of 1876, 1880, and 1884; and the unsuccessful candidate for vice-president on the Democratic ticket with Grover Cleveland in 1888.
He died in Columbus
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While a member of the House, he served on the judiciary committee, supported the administration's conduct of the Mexican War, made a vigorous speech in behalf of the claims of the United States to Oregon for 54° 40', and voted for the Wilmot Proviso.
He took a prominent part in the discussions growing out of the slavery controversy. He opposed the repeal of the Missouri Compromise and advocated non-interference by the federal government, so far as slavery in the territories was concerned. He was against the Lecompton constitution for Kansas and supported Stephen A. Douglas for president in 1860.
Although he never accepted the doctrine of secession, he questioned the wisdom of employing coercion against a state that had already left the Union. He wanted to preserve the Union; but he believed that an appeal to arms would destroy the Union forever. Throughout the Civil War, he was one of the leaders of the "Peace Democrats" who opposed the federal administration's arbitrary arrests, suspension of the habeas corpus, and infringement of the freedom of the press.
During his twelve years of service in the Senate he was the recognized leader of Democratic party in the Senate. The "Old Roman, " as he was called, was a doctrinaire, strict constructionist, partisan Democrat of the Jeffersonian school. He won for himself a national reputation for his judicial fairness and skill in debate, especially upon questions of constitutional law.
Thurman also rendered valuable service as a member of the committee on private land claims. He is best remembered for his attacks on the constitutionality of the Civil Rights Bill, his opposition to all inflationary measures, and as the author of the Thurman Act relating to the Pacific railroads.
On November 14, 1844, he married Mrs. Mary A. Tompkins, the daughter of Walter Dun of Fayette County, Ky. One of their daughters married Richard C. McCormick.
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