Thomas Parran senior

Thomas Parran Sr. (born February 12, 1860 in St. Leonard , Calvert County , Maryland , † March 29, 1955 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1911 and 1913 he represented the state of Maryland in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Thomas Parran attended public schools in his home country as well as the Charlotte Hall Academy . He then embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . He served in the Maryland House of Representatives from 1884 to 1888 . From 1889 to 1893, he held a senior position with the Tax Department in the Financial District of Baltimore . After that he worked in agriculture. Between 1892 and 1894 Parran was a member of the Maryland Senate . From 1895 to 1897 he held the administrative post of Assistant Enrollment Clerk . From 1897 to 1901 he was employed by the administration of the US House of Representatives as an index clerk . He then was an administrative clerk at the Maryland Court of Appeals . In 1888, 1904 and 1908 he was a delegate to the respective Republican National Conventions , at which Benjamin Harrison , Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft were nominated as presidential candidates.

In the 1910 congressional election , Parran was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fifth constituency of Maryland , where he succeeded Sydney Emanuel Mudd on March 4, 1911 . Since he was not confirmed in 1912, he was only able to serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1913 . Between 1913 and 1916 Parran was a member of the Maryland State Road Works Committee. He was then immigration officer in 1917 and 1918. In the meantime he worked again in agriculture. He was also a board member of the County Trust Company . He died on March 29, 1955 at the age of 95 in St. Leonard. His son Thomas (1892–1968) became Surgeon General of the United States .

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SURNAME	Parran, Thomas senior
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	February 12, 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH	at St. Leonard , Calvert County , Maryland
DATE OF DEATH	March 29, 1955
Place of death	at St. Leonard , Calvert County , Maryland