Thomas Evans (politician)

Thomas Evans (* in Accomack County , Colony of Virginia ; † 1815 ) was an American politician . Between 1797 and 1801 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Thomas Evans attended public schools in his home country and then studied at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg . After studying law and being admitted to the bar, he began to work in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career. He served in the Virginia House of Representatives from 1780 to 1781 and from 1794 to 1796 . He became a member of the Federalist Party founded by Alexander Hamilton in the late 1790s .

In the congressional elections of 1796 Evans was elected in the twelfth constituency of Virginia in the US House of Representatives, which was then still in Philadelphia , where he succeeded John Page on March 4, 1797 . After a re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1801 . During this time, the new federal capital Washington, DC was moved into in 1800 . In 1798 Evans was involved in the impeachment proceedings against US Senator William Blount .

In 1802 he moved to Wheeling in what is now West Virginia . In 1805 and 1806 Evans was again a member of the Virginia State Parliament. He died in 1815. Neither his place of death nor the exact date of his death are known.

Web links

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