Thomas J. Geary

Thomas J. Geary

Thomas J. Geary (born January 18, 1854 in Boston , Massachusetts , †  July 6, 1929 in Santa Rosa , California ) was an American politician . Between 1890 and 1895 he represented the state of California in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1863, Thomas Geary moved with his parents to San Francisco , where he attended public schools. After a subsequent law degree at St. Ignatius College and his admission as a lawyer in 1877, he began to work in Petaluma in this profession. In 1882 he moved to Santa Rosa. Between 1883 and 1884 Geary was a district attorney in Sonoma County there . Then he practiced again as a private lawyer. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . After the resignation of MP John J. De Haven , he was elected as its successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC at the due by-election for the first seat of California , where he took up his new mandate on December 9, 1890. After two re-elections, he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1895 . In 1894 it was not confirmed.

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Geary returned to working as a lawyer. In 1900 he went to Nome in the Alaska District . In 1902 he returned to San Francisco; the following year he finally settled in Santa Rosa. In each of these locations he worked as a lawyer. In 1923 Thomas Geary retired. He died on July 6, 1929 in Santa Rosa, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Thomas J. Geary in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Thomas J. Geary in the database of Find a Grave (English)