John Chew Thomas

John Chew Thomas (born October 15, 1764 in Perryville , Cecil County , Province of Maryland , †  May 10, 1836 in Leiperville , Pennsylvania ) was an American politician . Between 1799 and 1801 he represented the state of Maryland in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Thomas attended private schools in his home country and studied at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia until 1783 . Around 1789 he moved to the Fairland Estate in Anne Arundel County . After studying law, he was admitted to the bar in 1787. But he did not work intensively in this profession. In the late 1790s he joined the Federalist Party founded by Alexander Hamilton . Between 1796 and 1797 he served in the Maryland House of Representatives .

In the congressional elections of 1798 Thomas was elected in the second constituency of Maryland to the US House of Representatives, which was then still in Philadelphia, where he succeeded Richard Sprigg on March 4, 1799 . Since he refused to run again in 1800, he was only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1801 . During this time, the new federal capital Washington, DC was moved. After serving in the US House of Representatives, John Thomas moved to Pennsylvania. He died in Leiperville on May 10, 1836, without having made another political appearance.

Web links

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

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