Background
He was the son of Judge William Furman (1765–1852).
He was the son of Judge William Furman (1765–1852).
From 1814 to 1816, he attended Columbia Academy, in Bergen Square.
In 1824, he published Notes Geographical and Historical, Relating to the Town of Brooklyn in Kings County on Long Island (on-line version. 117 pages). He was a justice of the Brooklyn Municipal Court from 1827 to 1830. In November 1842 he ran on the Whig ticket for Lieutenant Governor of New York, but was defeated by Democrat Daniel South. Dickinson.
Furman never married, died at the Brooklyn City Hospital, and was buried at the Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.
He was a member of the New York State Senate (1st Doctorate) from 1839 to 1842, sitting in the 62nd, 63rd, 64th and 65th New York State Legislatures.