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George M. Thomas (American politician)

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George Morgan Thomas
A man with dark hair and a bushy, dark beard
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kentucky's 9th district
In office
March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889
Preceded byWilliam H. Wadsworth
Succeeded byThomas H. Paynter
Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives
In office
1859–1863
1872–1873
Personal details
Born(1828-11-23)November 23, 1828
Poplar Flat, Lewis County, Kentucky
DiedJanuary 7, 1914(1914-01-07) (aged 85)
Vanceburg, Kentucky
NationalityAmerican
Political partyRepublican
SignatureGeorge M. Thomas

George Morgan Thomas (November 23, 1828 – January 7, 1914) was a U.S. Representative from Lewis County, Kentucky.

Born near Poplar Flat, Kentucky, in Lewis County, Thomas was educated in the common schools. He taught school two years. He was school commissioner from 1850 to 1859. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1851, and practiced.

Thomas was elected prosecuting attorney of Lewis County in 1854 and served for four years. He was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1859 to 1863. He served as Commonwealth's attorney for the tenth judicial district 1862–1868. He was elected county judge in 1868 and was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky in 1871, losing the election to Democrat John G. Carlisle. He was again a member of the State house of representatives in 1872 and 1873. He was the circuit judge of the fourteenth judicial district from 1874 to 1880 and United States district attorney from 1881 to 1885.

Thomas was elected as a Republican to the Fiftieth Congress (March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889). He was appointed Solicitor of Internal Revenue by President William McKinley on May 20, 1897, and served until May 31, 1901.

He died in Vanceburg, Kentucky, January 7, 1914. He was interred in Woodland Cemetery on a hill overlooking the city.

References

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  • United States Congress. "George M. Thomas (id: T000167)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • Johnson, E. Polk (1912). A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians: The Leaders and Representative Men in Commerce, Industry and Modern Activities. Lewis Publishing Company. pp. 748–751. Retrieved 2008-11-10.

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Party political offices
Preceded by
R. Tarvin Baker
Republican nominee for Governor of Kentucky
1871
Succeeded by
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kentucky's 9th congressional district

1887 – 1889
Succeeded by