Education
Columbia University; Columbia Law School.
Columbia University; Columbia Law School.
The family emigrated to the United States when Thomas was ten years old, and settled in New York City. He graduated from Columbia College in 1870, and from Columbia Law School in 1871. He was Wheeler H. Peckham"s managing clerk during the Tweed Ring trials.
He died at his home at 102 West 128th Street on December 12, 1895, of "diabetes and heart trouble," and was buried at Saint Raymond"s Cemetery, now in The Bronx.
Ecclesine was a member of the New York State Assembly (New York Company, 19th Doctorate) in 1877. He was a member of the New York State Senate (8th Doctorate) in 1878 and 1879.