Editing Allen G. Thurman (section)

===State Supreme Court Justice===
In 1851 he was elected to a four-year term (February 1852 – February 1856) on the [[Ohio Supreme Court]],<ref name="supreme">{{cite web | url= http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/SCO/formerjustices/bios/thurman.asp |publisher=The Supreme Court of Ohio & The Ohio Judicial System |title=Allen Granberry Thurman |access-date=2012-03-28}}</ref> the last year as the chief justice. He then returned to private law practice in [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]]. Thurman spoke out against the repeal of the [[Missouri Compromise]] and opposed the pro-slavery [[Lecompton constitution]] for [[Kansas]]. In 1860 he was a supporter of [[Stephen A. Douglas]] for [[President of the United States|President]]. A "peace Democrat" or "[[Copperhead (politics)|Copperhead]],"<ref>Trefousse, Hans (2014). [https://books.google.com/books?id=mB84AwAAQBAJ&dq=allen+g.+thurman+no+negro+equality&pg=PA46 Rutherford B. Hayes: The American Presidents Series: The 19th President, 1877-1881], p. 46. ''Google Books''. Retrieved January 27, 2022.</ref> he never accepted the right of a state to secede but felt it was unwise to fight a state that had already left the Union, and during the [[American Civil War]] he was opposed to [[Abraham Lincoln|Lincoln's]] policies, especially on [[Abolitionism in the United States|emancipation]]. While he supported the war effort, he encouraged compromise and a political settlement.