Thomas Fletcher (politician)

Thomas Fletcher (born October 21, 1779 in Westmoreland County , Pennsylvania , † after 1825 in Sharpsburg , Kentucky ) was an American politician . Between 1816 and 1817 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Not much is known about Thomas Fletcher's youth. He later moved to Montgomery County , Kentucky. In his new home state he began a political career as a member of the Democratic-Republican Party . He was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1803, 1805, and 1806 . During the British-American War of 1812 , Fletcher was a major under the command of General William Henry Harrison .

After the resignation of MP James Clark in 1816, Fletcher was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of Kentucky , where he took up his new mandate on December 2, 1816. Since he renounced another candidacy in the regular congressional elections of 1816, he was only able to end the current legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1817 . Between 1817 and 1825 Fletcher was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives on several occasions. He died near Sharpsburg; his date of death is unknown.

Web links

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