Thomas Ray Hamer

Thomas Ray Hamer (1910)

Thomas Ray Hamer (born May 4, 1864 in Vermont , Fulton County , Illinois , † December 22, 1950 in Phoenix , Arizona ) was an American politician . Between 1909 and 1911 he represented the state of Idaho in the US House of Representatives .

Early years

Thomas Hamer attended public schools in his home country and Hedding College . After studying law at Bloomington Law School and his subsequent admission to the bar, he began to work in his new profession in 1893 in St. Anthony, Idaho. He was also involved in agriculture in Fremont County .

Political career

Thomas Hamer became a member of the Republican Party . In 1896 he was elected to the Idaho House of Representatives. During the Spanish-American War he rose from captain to lieutenant colonel. He was deployed in the Philippines . There he was the military governor of the island of Cebu and a judge at the Supreme Court. In 1901 he returned to St. Anthony.

In 1908 and 1912 he was a delegate to the Republican Congresses in Idaho. In 1908, Hamer was elected to the US House of Representatives, where he replaced Burton L. French on March 4, 1909 . In 1910, however, he was nominated again for this mandate in place of Hamer by the Republican Party and then also elected. Therefore, Hamer had to give up his seat in Congress on March 3, 1911 .

Another résumé

After his tenure in Congress ended, Hamer returned to work as a lawyer in St. Anthony. Between 1912 and 1921 he was also active in the banking business. Thomas Hamer was a military lawyer during the First World War . After the war he moved to Portland , Oregon , where he also worked as a lawyer. He then retired in 1943. He moved to Los Angeles and died in Phoenix in December 1950. Thomas Hamer was the nephew of Thomas L. Hamer , who represented the State of Ohio in the US House of Representatives between 1833 and 1838 .

Web links

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

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