Thomas Parran Sr. | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMaryland's5th district | |
| In office March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913 | |
| Preceded by | Sydney Emanuel Mudd I |
| Succeeded by | Frank Owens Smith |
| Member of theMaryland Senate | |
| In office 1892-1894 | |
| Member of theMaryland House of Delegates | |
| In office 1884-1888 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1860-02-12)February 12, 1860 nearSt. Leonard, Maryland, U.S. |
| Died | March 29, 1955(1955-03-29) (aged 95) St. Leonard, Maryland, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
Thomas Parran (February 12, 1860 – March 29, 1955) was an American politician.
Born nearSt. Leonard, Maryland, Parran attended the public schools andCharlotte Hall Military Academy. He was a member of theMaryland House of Delegates from 1884 to 1888, and served as chief deputy collector for theBureau of Internal Revenue for the Baltimore district from 1889 to 1893. He engaged in farming at St. Leonard in 1890, and served in theMaryland State Senate from 1892 to 1894. He was the assistant enrolling clerk (1895–1897) and index clerk (1897–1901) of the House of Representatives. He was also clerk of theMaryland Court of Appeals from 1901 to 1907.
Parran served as delegate to theRepublican National Conventions of 1888, 1904, and 1908. He was elected from thefifth district of Maryland as a Republican to the Sixty-second Congress, and served from March 4, 1911, to March 3, 1913. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1912 to the Sixty-third Congress, and an unsuccessful candidate for the U.S. Senate in a1913 special election.
Parran served as a member of the Maryland Road Commission from 1913 to 1916 and as Immigration Commissioner in 1917 and 1918. He resumed farming interests, and served as a member of the board of directors of the County Trust Company inPrince Frederick, Maryland. His name is engraved on theHanover Street Bridge, Baltimore.[1] He died in St. Leonard, and is interred inChrist Church Cemetery ofPort Republic, Maryland.
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| First | Republican nominee forU.S. Senator fromMaryland (Class 1) 1913 | Succeeded by |
| U.S. House of Representatives | ||
| Preceded by | Representative of the 5th Congressional District of Maryland 1911–1913 | Succeeded by |
