John A. Searing

Who was John A. Searing?

John Alexander Searing was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in North Hempstead, New York, Searing completed preparatory studies. Sheriff of Queens County, New York from 1843 to 1846. He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1854.

Searing was elected as a Democrat to the 35th United States Congress. He served as chairman of the Committee on Accounts. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1858. He died in Mineola, New York, May 6, 1876. He was interred in Greenfield Cemetery, Hempstead, New York.