Robert Y. Thomas

Robert Y. Thomas

Robert Young Thomas Jr. (born July 13, 1855 in Russellville , Logan County , Kentucky , † September 3, 1925 in Red Boiling Springs , Tennessee ) was an American politician . Between 1909 and 1925 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Robert Thomas attended public schools in his home country as well as Bethel College in Russellville, which he graduated from in 1878. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1881, he began to work in Central City in this profession. He also worked as a journalist. Politically, Thomas was a member of the Democratic Party . He was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1886 and 1887 . Between 1903 and 1909 he was a prosecutor in the seventh judicial district of that state.

In the congressional elections of 1908 , Thomas was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of Kentucky , where he succeeded Addison James of the Republican Party on March 4, 1909 . After eight re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on September 3, 1925 . During this time the First World War fell . In addition, the 16th and 17th amendments to the Constitution were ratified in 1913 . It was about the nationwide introduction of income tax and the direct election of US senators . The 18th and 19th amendments followed in 1919 and 1920, respectively . It was about the ban on the trade in alcoholic beverages and the nationwide introduction of women's suffrage .

Robert Thomas died during a trip to Tennessee on September 3, 1925. He was buried in Greenville .

Web links

• Robert Y. Thomas in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Robert Y. Thomas in the database of Find a Grave (English)