Lot Thomas

Lot Thomas

Lot Thomas (born October 17, 1843 in Markleysburg , Fayette County , Pennsylvania , † March 17, 1905 in Yuma , Arizona ) was an American politician . Between 1899 and 1905 he represented the state of Iowa in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Lot Thomas attended the common schools and the Vermillion Institute in Hayesville ( Ohio ). In 1868 he moved to Iowa, where he worked as a teacher in New Virginia , Warren County . After studying law at the University of Iowa in Iowa City and being admitted to the bar in 1870, he began his new profession in Buena Vista County .

Between 1885 and 1898, Thomas Richter served in the 14th Judicial District of Iowa. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party . As their candidate, he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in 1898 in the eleventh constituency of Iowa , where he succeeded George D. Perkins on March 4, 1899 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1905 . At times he was a member of the legal committee. He was no longer nominated by his party for the elections of 1904.

Lot Thomas died just two weeks after the end of his term while on a train ride near Yuma. He was on his way to Los Angeles , where he wanted to recover health.

Web links

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

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