Background
Kaufman was born in Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania, the son of Mary (Spangler) and Abraham Landis Kaufman.
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Education
Kaufman pursued classical studies and was graduated from The College of New Jersey in 1833. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in Natchez, Mississippi.
Career
He commenced practice in Natchitoches, Louisiana. Attracted by the developing country in the Southwest, Kaufman moved to Nacogdoches, Republic of Texas, in 1837. He served in the military against the Native Americans and was wounded at the Battle of the Neches.
He served in the Texas Senate 1843–1845.
He was appointed Chargé d"Affaires of Texas to the United States in 1845. Upon the admission of Texas as a State into the Union, Kaufman was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth Congress.
He was reelected to the Thirtieth and Thirty-first Congresses and served from March 30, 1846, until 1851. He served as chairman of the Committee on Rules (Thirty-first Congress).
Kaufman died from a heart attack in Washington, District of Columbia, on January 31, 1851.
Kaufman was originally interred in the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, District of Columbia. In 1932 he was reinterred in the Texas State Cemetery at Austin. Freemasons The Philosophical Society of Texas.
Achievements
Membership
He served as a member of the Texas House of Representatives 1838–1843.
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Nationality
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Political Party
Democratic party