Terence John Quinn (October 16, 1836 – June 18, 1878) was an AmericanCivil War veteran, businessman, and politician who served part of one term as aUnited States representative fromNew York from 1877 to 1878.

He was born inAlbany, New York, where he was educated at a private school and the Boys' Academy. Early in life entered the brewery business with his father and subsequently became a senior member of the firm.

At the outbreak of theAmerican Civil War, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in Company B, Twenty-fifth Regiment, New York State Militia Volunteers which was ordered to the defense ofWashington, D.C. in April 1861. He was assigned to duty atArlington Heights.

Quinn was a member of the common council of Albany 1869-1872. He was elected a member of the State assembly in 1873.

He was elected as aDemocrat to the Forty-fifth (45th) Congress and served from March 4, 1877, until his death in Albany in 1878, aged 41.

He was buried inSt. Agnes Cemetery,Menands, New York.

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