John R. Thornton (Arkansas politician)
John R. Thornton (February 14, 1840 – December 2, 1910) was a lawyer, judge and state senator in Arkansas.[1][2]
He was born in Chambers County, Alabama and moved with his family to Arkansas in 1845. He served in the Arkansas Senate for eight years as a Democrat.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Court, Arkansas Supreme (December 11, 1912). "Arkansas Reports: Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Arkansas, at the ..." Woodruff Print. Company – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Co, Goodspeed Publishing (December 11, 1890). Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Southern Arkansas: Comprising a Condensed History of the State, a Number of Biographies of Its Distinguished Citizens, a Brief Descriptive History of Each of the Counties Mentioned, and Numerous Biographical Sketches of the Citizens of Such County. Southern Historical Press. ISBN 978-0-89308-083-9 – via Google Books.
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