Thomas Flournoy

Thomas Stanhope Flournoy (born December 15, 1811 in Prince Edward County , Virginia , †  March 12, 1883 in Halifax County , Virginia) was an American politician . Between 1847 and 1849 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Thomas Flournoy attended Hampden-Sydney College and then worked as a private tutor. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1834, he began to practice in this profession in Halifax . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Whig Party . In the congressional election of 1846 Flournoy was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of Virginia , where he succeeded William Tredway on March 4, 1847 . Since he was not confirmed in 1848, he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1849 . This was initially shaped by the events of the Mexican-American War .

In 1850, Flournoy competed unsuccessfully for his return to Congress. After the Whigs disbanded in the early 1850s, he joined the short-lived American Party . In 1855 he ran unsuccessfully for governor of Virginia. In 1861 he was a delegate at the Virginia State Breakaway Congress in Richmond . During the civil war that followed , he served in the Confederation Army , where he made it to the rank of colonel. In 1863 he sought again unsuccessfully for governor.

After the end of the Civil War, Flournoy settled in Danville , where he worked as a lawyer. Politically, he then joined the Democratic Party . In June 1876 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in St. Louis , where Samuel J. Tilden was nominated as a presidential candidate. Thomas Flournoy died on March 12, 1883 on his estate in Halifax County, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Thomas Flournoy in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Thomas Flournoy in the database of Find a Grave (English)