Henry Wirtz Thomas

Henry Wirtz Thomas (born October 20, 1812 in Leesburg , Virginia , †  June 22, 1890 in Fairfax , Virginia) was an American politician . Between 1875 and 1878 he was lieutenant governor of the state of Virginia.

Career

Henry Thomas attended college in Washington, DC after completing a law degree and admission to the bar, he began to work in this profession. From 1833 he lived in Fairfax. In 1837 he became a major in the Virginia State Militia. In 1838 he became a District Attorney in Fairfax County . At the same time he embarked on a political career. It is not known which party he belonged to at the time. In the years 1841 and 1842 and again from 1847 to 1848 he was a member of the Virginia House of Representatives ; from 1850 to 1863 and from 1871 to 1875 he was a member of the State Senate . In 1861 he campaigned resolutely for his state to leave the Union.

In April 1865, he was a member of a small commission that met with President Abraham Lincoln in Richmond, shortly after the Confederate States surrendered, shortly before his assassination, to discuss the future of Virginia. He now became a member of the Republican Party . After the resignation of Lieutenant Governor Robert E. Withers , who moved to the US Senate , Thomas was his successor. He held this office between January 1875 and January 1878. He was Deputy to Governor James Lawson Kemper and Chairman of the State Senate. He had been a district judge in Fairfax County since 1866 . He held this office alongside his political activities until shortly before his death. He died in Fairfax on June 22, 1890.

Web links

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