Thomas B. Evans

Thomas B. Evans, 1981

Thomas Beverley Evans (born November 5, 1931 in Nashville , Tennessee ) is a former American politician . Between 1977 and 1983 he represented the state of Delaware in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Thomas Evans attended public schools in Old Hickory, Tennessee and Seaford, Delaware between 1936 and 1943 . Then he was until 1947 at the Woodberry Forest School in Orange ( Virginia ). In 1955 he was a clerk at the Delaware Supreme Court. Until 1956 he studied law at the University of Virginia, among other things. In the same year he was admitted to the bar. From 1956 to 1960 he was also a member of the Delaware National Guard. From 1957 to 1968 Evans worked in the insurance and mortgage business in Wilmington . He was then until 1970 Minister for State Development ( Director of the State Development Department ).

Evans became a member of the Republican Party . Between 1971 and 1973 he was a member of the Republican National Committee ; in 1972, 1976 and 1980 he attended the respective Republican National Conventions as a delegate , at which Richard Nixon , Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan were nominated as the respective presidential candidates. In 1976 Thomas Evans was elected as his party's candidate for the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC . There he took over the seat held by Pierre du Pont on January 3, 1977. After two re-elections, he was able to exercise his mandate in Congress until January 3, 1983. During this time he was a member of the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, as well as the committee dealing with fisheries and the merchant marine. In 1982 he lost 46% to 52% of the vote to the Democrat Tom Carper . This defeat was also the result of the so-called golf trip scandal, which involved unfair relationships with lobbyist Paula Parkinson.

After serving in Congress, Thomas joined the Washington-based law firm Manatt, Phelps, Rothenberg & Evans . He has his main residence in Wilmington.

Web links

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