Thomas Glascock

Thomas Glascock (born October 21, 1790 in Augusta , Georgia , †  May 19, 1841 in Decatur , Georgia) was an American politician . Between 1835 and 1839 he represented the state of Georgia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Thomas Glascock attended the public schools in his home country. After studying law and being admitted to the bar, he began to work in his new profession in his hometown of Augusta. During the British-American War of 1812 he was a captain in a volunteer unit. In 1817 he took part in the First Seminole War as a brigadier general . At the same time he began a political career. Between 1821 and 1839 he sat several times as an MP in the Georgia House of Representatives . In 1833 and 1834 he was its president.

Glascock was a supporter of President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the Democratic Party that he founded . After the resignation of Rep. John WA Sanford , he was elected in the due by-election for the fifth seat of Georgia as his successor in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC . There he took up his new mandate on October 5, 1835. After a re-election in 1836, he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1839 . There he was chairman of the militia committee.

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Thomas Glascock withdrew from politics. He died on May 19, 1841 in Decatur and was buried in his hometown of Augusta.

Web links

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

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