Thomas Boles

Thomas Boles

Thomas Boles (born July 16, 1837 in Clarksville , Arkansas , † March 13, 1905 in Fort Smith , Arkansas) was an American politician . Between 1868 and 1871 and from 1872 to 1873 he represented the third constituency of the state of Arkansas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Thomas Boles attended the public schools in his home country and then worked as a teacher himself for a few years. In 1858 he became a sheriff in Yell County and from 1859 to 1860 he was a bailiff in the same county. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1860, he began to work in Danville in his new profession. During the Civil War he was captain of an Arkansas unit.

After the war, Boles was a judge in the fourth judicial district of his home state from 1865 to 1868. He became a member of the Republican Party and was a delegate to all party conferences in his state from the founding of the party in Arkansas until his death. After the state of Arkansas was re-admitted to the Union, Boles was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the newly created third district . He took up this mandate on June 22, 1868. After being re-elected, he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1871 . In the elections of 1872 he was initially defeated to John Edwards , who then took his seat in Congress. But Boles appealed against the election result. After this was granted, he was able to resume his old seat on February 9, 1872, and to end the current legislative period until March 3, 1873. In the elections of 1872 he decided not to run again.

After his time in Congress, Boles worked as a lawyer in Dardanelle , where he was also headmaster and councilor for many years. In 1878 he became head of the administration of the federal real estate in Dardanelle. Between 1881 and 1889 he was US Marshal for western Arkansas. From 1897 until his death in 1905 he was employed in the administration of the Federal District Court in the eighth judicial district.

Web links

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

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