Thomas Haughey was a U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from Alabama

Alabama

Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...

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Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Haughey received a limited education.
Immigrated to the United States with his father, who settled in New York City.
He moved to Jefferson County, Alabama

Jefferson County, Alabama

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, in 1841.
While teaching in St. Clair County, studied medicine.
He was granted a diploma by the New Orleans Medical College and engaged in practice at Elyton

Elyton

Elyton or Ely's Town, founded in 1821 in the area currently bordered by 7th Street Southwest and Cotton Avenue in the West End of Birmingham, Alabama, was the third seat of Jefferson County, Alabama serving from 1821 to 1871 when the courthouse was moved to Birmingham.Elyton was created to be the...

, Jefferson County, Alabama.
He served as a surgeon in the Third Regiment, Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, in the Union Army

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 1862-1865.
He resumed the practice of his profession in Decatur, Alabama

Decatur, Alabama

Decatur is a city in Limestone and Morgan Counties in the U.S. state of Alabama. The city, affectionately known as "The River City", is located in Northern Alabama on the banks of Wheeler Lake, along the Tennessee River. It is the largest city and county seat of Morgan County...

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He served as delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1867.
Upon the readmission of the State of Alabama to representation was elected as a Republican

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 to the Fortieth

40th United States Congress

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 Congress and served from July 21, 1868, to March 3, 1869.
He was a candidate for renomination and while making a political speech was assassinated in Courtland, Alabama

Courtland, Alabama

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, on July 31, 1869, and died on August 5, 1869.
He was interred in Green Cemetery, near Pinson, Alabama

Pinson, Alabama

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