Background
Thurman, Allen Granberry was born on November 13, 1813 in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States. Son of Pleasant and Mary Granberry (Allen) Thurman.
Thurman, Allen Granberry was born on November 13, 1813 in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States. Son of Pleasant and Mary Granberry (Allen) Thurman.
Member United States House of Representatives (Democrat) from Ohio, 29th Congress, 1845-1847. Member United States Senate from Ohio, 1869-1881, became Democratic leader, adhered to strict Jeffersonian constructionist tradition, chairman judiciary committee, also president pro tem., 1879. Member Electoral Commission, 1877, voted to seat Tilden.
Married Mary Dun, November 14, 1844, several children.