Theron Akin

Theron Akin
Akin in 1912
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 25th district
In office March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913
Preceded by	Cyrus Durey
Succeeded by	Benjamin I. Taylor
Personal details
Born	May 23, 1855 (1855-05-23) Johnstown, New York
Died	March 26, 1933 (1933-03-27) (aged 77) Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York
Citizenship	US
Political party	Progressive; Republican
Spouses	Carrie Bell Akin Mary Sanford Akin Jennie Akin Jane Bornt Akin
Children	Harry Akin Florence Akin Davin Akin
Alma mater	New York Dental College
Profession	Farmer, dentist, politician

Theron Akin (May 23, 1855 – March 26, 1933) was an American politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1911 to 1913.

Biography

Born in Johnstown, New York, on May 23, 1855, Akin was the son of Ethan and Susan (St. John) Akin, and attended the common schools of Amsterdam, New York, and also was privately tutored at home. He engaged in agricultural pursuits, and graduated from the New York Dental College and practiced for twelve years in Amsterdam, New York. He married Carrie Bell on September 24, 1874, and they had two children, Harry and Florence. He married Mary Sanford on December 16, 1880, and they had one child, David. In 1904 he married Jennie and in 1920 he married Jane Bornt.

Career

Akin moved to Akin (later Fort Johnson), New York, and engaged in agricultural pursuits in Montgomery County. The village of Akin changed its name because of residents' disapproval of Theron Akin. He served as president of the village of Fort Johnson, New York.

Congress

Elected as a Progressive Republican to the Sixty-second Congress as a U. S. Representative of the twenty-fifth district of New York, Akin served from March 4, 1910, to March 3, 1912. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination on the Progressive ticket in 1912 and resumed agricultural pursuits. He was again an unsuccessful candidate for election to the Sixty-fourth Congress on the Progressive ticket in 1914.

Akin served as Mayor of Amsterdam, New York, from 1920 to 1924. He resumed his former pursuits, and was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican and Democratic mayoralty nomination in 1927.

Death

Akin died, from a stroke of paralysis, in Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York, on March 26, 1933 (age 77 years, 307 days). He is interred at Pine Grove Cemetery, Tribes Hill, New York.

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

External links

• United States Congress. "Theron Akin (id: A000071)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Theron Akin at Find a Grave