George M. Thomas

George M. Thomas

George Morgan Thomas (born November 23, 1828 in Poplar Flat , Lewis County , Kentucky , † January 7, 1914 in Vanceburg , Kentucky) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1887 and 1889 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

George Thomas attended the public schools in his home country and then taught himself for two years as a teacher. Between 1850 and 1859 he was a school representative. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1851, he began to work in this profession. From 1854 to 1858 he was in addition to his work in the school service and prosecutor in Lewis County. From 1862 to 1868 he served as the district attorney in the Kentucky Tenth District. In 1868 he became a district judge. He held this office again in the 14th judicial district from 1874 to 1880. From 1881 to 1885 he was the successor to Gabriel C. Wharton federal attorney for the district of Kentucky.

Politically, Thomas was a member of the Republican Party . Between 1859 and 1863 he was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives . In 1871 he ran unsuccessfully for the office of lieutenant governor of his state. In 1872 and 1873 he was again a member of the state parliament. In June 1884 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago , where James G. Blaine was nominated as a presidential candidate.

In the 1886 congressional election , Thomas was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the ninth constituency of Kentucky , where he succeeded William H. Wadsworth on March 4, 1887 . By March 3, 1889, he completed a term in Congress . He then worked between 1897 and 1901 as a lawyer for the federal tax authorities. He then retired. George Thomas died in Vanceburg on January 7, 1914.

Web links

• George M. Thomas in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• George M. Thomas in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• George M. Thomas at The Political Graveyard