Thomas Jefferson Hudson
Thomas Jefferson Hudson (born October 30, 1839 in Jamestown , Boone County , Indiana , † January 4, 1923 in Wichita , Kansas ) was an American politician . Between 1893 and 1895 he represented the third constituency of the state of Kansas in the US House of Representatives .
Career
Thomas Hudson attended Lebanon Academy in Indiana and Wabash College in Crawfordsville . In 1854 he moved to Nordaway , Missouri and in 1866 to Kansas, where he settled in Coyville , Wilson County . There he taught at a primary school. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1869, he moved to Fredonia, Kansas, where he worked in his new profession. In Fredonia he was also a member and treasurer of the school committee.
Hudson was a member of the Democratic Party . In 1870 he was elected to the Kansas House of Representatives. A year later he was mayor of Fredonia. Also in 1871 he helped found Wilson County Bank . Between 1884 and 1886 he was a district attorney in Wilson County. In 1884, 1888 and 1896 he was a delegate to the respective Democratic National Conventions . In the early 1890s he was a member of the short-lived Populist Party , which later became part of the Democratic Party.
In 1892 Hudson was elected as a candidate for the Populist Party in the Third District of Kansas in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Benjamin H. Clover on March 4, 1893 . Since he renounced another candidacy in 1894, he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1895 . After serving in the House of Representatives, Hudson practiced as a lawyer in Fredonia. In 1897 and 1898 he was the director of the State College of Agriculture , the state agricultural school of Kansas. He died on January 4, 1923 in Wichita and was buried in Fredonia.
Web links
- Thomas Jefferson Hudson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
- Thomas Jefferson Hudson in the database of Find a Grave (English)
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SURNAME | Hudson, Thomas Jefferson |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American politician |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 30, 1839 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | near Jamestown , Indiana |
DATE OF DEATH | 4th January 1923 |
Place of death | Wichita , Kansas |