Issac Thomas (November 4, 1784 – February 2, 1859), was anAmerican politician representingTennessee in theUnited States House of Representatives.

Thomas was born inSevierville, Tennessee. After the death of his parents, Thomas moved toWinchester, Tennessee in 1800. He was self-educated, and he studied law. His first wife was Jane Bullard who died in 1833. He then married Emmeline Flint, with whose family he was in business.^[1]

Admitted tobar in 1808, Thomas practiced in Winchester. He served as brigadier general of the Louisiana Militia during the War of 1812.

Thomas was elected as aDemocratic-Republican to theFourteenth Congress, which lasted from March 4, 1815, to March 3, 1817.^[2]

Thomas moved to Alexandria, Louisiana in 1819 and resumed the practice of law. He purchased vast tracts of land adjoining Alexandria and became one of the largest landowners and slaveholders inLouisiana. He was the first man to introduce the cultivation ofsugarcane in central Louisiana. While running a plantation, he engaged in mercantile pursuits and in the operation ofsawmills andsteamboats. He also served as a member of theLouisiana Senate from 1823 to 1827. He moved toCalifornia in 1849.^[3]

Thomas returned toAlexandria, Louisiana, where he died on February 2, 1859 (age 74 years, 90 days). He isinterred at Flint lot, in Rapides Cemetery, atPineville, Louisiana.^[4]

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• 1784 births
• 1859 deaths
• 19th-century owners of plantations in the United States
• Democratic-Republican Party United States representatives from Tennessee
• Slave owners from Louisiana
• People from Sevierville, Tennessee
• 19th-century United States representatives
• Owners of plantations in Louisiana
• Louisiana state senators
• U.S. state legislators who owned slaves
• American militia generals

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