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Richard Thomas (Pennsylvania politician)

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American politician
For other people with the same name, seeRichard Thomas (disambiguation).

Richard Thomas
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives
fromPennsylvania's3rd district
In office
March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1801
Preceded bysee below
Succeeded byJoseph Hemphill
Member of thePennsylvania Senate
from the9th district
In office
1791–1793
Preceded bydistrict created
Personal details
Born(1744-12-30)December 30, 1744
DiedJanuary 19, 1832(1832-01-19) (aged 87)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
PartyFederalist
SpouseThomazine Downing

Richard Thomas (December 30, 1744 – January 19, 1832) was an American politician fromPennsylvania who served as aFederalist member of theUnited States House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 3rd congressional district from 1795 to 1801. He also served in thePennsylvania State Senate for the9th Senatorial District from 1791 to 1793.

Early life and education

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Thomas was born inWest Whiteland Township in theProvince of Pennsylvania and was educated at home by private teachers. He served in theAmerican Revolutionary War as colonel of the First Regiment,Chester County Volunteers of thePennsylvania militia.[1]He was of Welsh and English descent.[2]

Career

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Thomas became a member of theAmerican Philosophical Society in 1771[3] and was later elected to thePennsylvania State Senate for the9th Senatorial District serving from 1791 to 1793.[1]

In 1793, he was appointed a brigadier-general of militia by GovernorThomas Mifflin but declined to accept the role.[4]

He was elected as aFederalist to theFourth,Fifth, andSixth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1795 to March 3, 1801.[5] He engaged in agricultural pursuits and constructedIvy Cottage,Whitford Lodge, and Whitford Hall in West Whiteland Township.

Thomas died inPhiladelphia in 1832 and is buried at the Friends Western Burial Ground in Philadelphia.

Personal life

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Thomas married Thomazine Downing, grand-daughter of Thomas Downing, founder ofDowningtown, Pennsylvania.[6]

References

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  1. ^ab"Richard Thomas".www.legis.state.pa.us. RetrievedDecember 22, 2018.
  2. ^Welsh Founders of Pennsylvania.
  3. ^"APS Member History".
  4. ^Futhey, James Smith (1881).History of Chester County, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Louis H. Everts. p. 742. RetrievedDecember 22, 2018.richard thomas pennsylvania.
  5. ^Ashmeade, Henry Graham (1884).History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: L.H. Everts & Co. p. 272. RetrievedDecember 23, 2018.
  6. ^Browning, Charles Henry (1912).Welsh Settlement of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: William J. Campbell. p. 211.ISBN 9780608363837. RetrievedDecember 23, 2018.{{cite book}}:ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
fromPennsylvania's 3rd congressional district

1795–1801
Succeeded by
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Preceded by
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Succeeded by
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