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Thurman was born in 1847 to Allen Granberry Thurman and the former Mary Anderson Dun.
Thurman was born in 1847 to Allen Granberry Thurman and the former Mary Anderson Dun.
His father was elected to the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] three years before his birth. The elder Thurman served on the state Supreme Court in the 1850s and in 1868 was elected to the [[U.S. Senate]], where he pushed for a sham impeachment resolution against President [[Ulysses S. Grant]]'s [[Secretary of War]] William W. Belknap.<ref name=trumpimpeachmentracistroots>Greenfield, David (February 22, 2021). [https://www.jewishpress.com/blogs/sultan-knish/the-racist-origins-of-president-trumps-impeachment/2021/02/22/ The Racist Origins of President Trump’s Impeachment]. ''JewishPress.com''. Retrieved October 8, 2021.</ref> Belknap was a staunch opponent of the First [[Ku Klux Klan]] who was despised by Democrats, and targeted by the elder Thurman for impeachment and Senate conviction even after resigning. The racist effort was cited by [[Chuck Schumer]] in 2021 to argue for the Senate conviction of [[Donald Trump]].<ref name=trumpimpeachmentracistroots/>
His father was elected to the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] three years before his birth. The elder Thurman served on the state Supreme Court in the 1850s and in 1868 was elected to the [[U.S. Senate]], where he pushed for a sham impeachment resolution against President [[Ulysses S. Grant]]'s [[Secretary of War]] William W. Belknap.<ref name=trumpimpeachmentracistroots>Greenfield, David (February 22, 2021). [https://www.jewishpress.com/blogs/sultan-knish/the-racist-origins-of-president-trumps-impeachment/2021/02/22/ The Racist Origins of President Trump’s Impeachment]. ''JewishPress.com''. Retrieved October 8, 2021.</ref> Belknap was a staunch opponent of the first [[Ku Klux Klan]] who was despised by Democrats, and targeted by the elder Thurman for impeachment and Senate conviction even after resigning. The racist effort was cited by [[Chuck Schumer]] in 2021 to argue for the Senate conviction of [[Donald Trump]].<ref name=trumpimpeachmentracistroots/>
==Career==
==Career==