John F. Collin

American politician
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IntroAmerican politician
PlacesUnited States of America
wasPolitician
Work fieldPolitics
Gender
Male
Birth30 April 1802, Hillsdale, USA
Death16 September 1889Hillsdale, USA (aged 87 years)
Star signTaurus
Politics:Democratic Party
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Biography

John Francis Collin (April 30, 1802 – September 16, 1889) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in Hillsdale, New York, Collin attended the common schools and Lenox Academy, Massachusetts. He engaged in agricultural pursuits. He served as member of the State assembly in 1834. Supervisor of Hillsdale.

Collin was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847). He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy (Twenty-ninth Congress). He resumed agricultural pursuits. He died in Hillsdale, New York, September 16, 1889. He was interred in Hillsdale Rural Cemetery.

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