Thurman
ALLEN, GRANBERY, an American jurist; born in Lynchburg, Va., Nov. 13, 1813; was admitted to the bar in 1835; elected as a Democrat to Congress in 1844; chosen judge of the supreme court of Ohio in 1851; and was elected United States senator in 1869.and 1874. While in Congress he drafted and secured the adoption of the "Thurman Act"; supported the "Bland-Allison Act"; Cyc. Vol. IX THURMAN took part in framing the bill providing for the Electoral Commission; and was a member of the commission and a warm defender of its constitutional authority.
He served also on the International Monetary Commission in Paris in 1881; was an unsuccessful candidate for the nomination for the vice-presidency in 1876, 1880, and 1884; and in 1888 when again presented for that office was nominated by acclamation, but not elected. He died in Columbus, O., Dec. 12, 1895.