Thomas Hurley Brents

Thomas Hurley Brents

Thomas Hurley Brents (born December 24, 1840 in Florence , Pike County , Illinois , †  October 23, 1916 in Walla Walla , Washington ) was an American politician . Between 1879 and 1885 he represented the Washington Territory as a delegate to the United States House of Representatives .

Career

Thomas Brents attended his homeland public schools and then the Portland Academy in Oregon . There he also graduated from Baptist Seminary and McMinnville College . In 1862 he became a justice of the peace. Between 1863 and 1866, Brents was in business in Canyon City . From 1863 and 1864 he also acted as a postman in this place. Between 1864 and 1866 he was employed in the administration of Grant County .

Politically, Brent was a member of the Republican Party . In 1866 he was a member of the Oregon House of Representatives . After studying law and also being admitted to the bar in 1866, he began to work in his new profession in 1867 after moving to San Francisco , California . In 1870 he moved to Walla Walla in what was then the Washington Territory. There he became the legal representative of this city in 1871 and 1872. In 1874 he chaired the Territorial Republican Party Congress in Vancouver .

In the congressional elections of 1878 Brents was elected as a delegate to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Orange Jacobs on March 4, 1879 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1885 . In 1884, Brents was not nominated for another term by his party. After leaving the House of Representatives, he returned to work as a lawyer. Between 1896 and 1913, Brent was a judge at the Superior Court in Walla Walla. He also died in this city on October 23, 1916.

Web links

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

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