Ormsby B. Thomas

Ormsby B. Thomas

Ormsby Brunson Thomas (born August 21, 1832 in Sandgate , Vermont , †  October 24, 1904 in Prairie du Chien , Wisconsin ) was an American politician . Between 1885 and 1891 he represented the state of Wisconsin in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1836, Ormsby Thomas moved to Wisconsin with his parents. He attended schools in his new home and then returned to Vermont to continue his education at Burr Seminary in Manchester . After studying law at the National Law School in Poughkeepsie ( New York ) and being admitted to the bar in 1856, he began to work in this profession in Prairie du Chien (Wisconsin). He became a district attorney in Crawford County there . Thomas Hauptmann served in a Wisconsin infantry unit during the Civil War . Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party . He was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1862, 1865, and 1867 ; from 1880 to 1881 he was a member of the State Senate .

In the congressional election of 1884 , Thomas was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the seventh constituency of Wisconsin , where he succeeded Democrat Gilbert M. Woodward on March 4, 1885 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1891 . From 1889 to 1891 he was chairman of the committee that dealt with war compensation. In the elections of 1890 Thomas was defeated by the Democrat Frank P. Coburn .

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Ormsby Thomas returned to working as a lawyer in Prairie du Chien. He died there on October 24, 1904.

Web links

• Ormsby B. Thomas in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Ormsby B. Thomas in the database of Find a Grave (English)