Thomas A. E. Weadock | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMichigan's10th district | |
| In office March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895 | |
| Preceded by | Frank W. Wheeler |
| Succeeded by | Rousseau O. Crump |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1850-01-01)January 1, 1850 |
| Died | November 18, 1938(1938-11-18) (aged 88) |
| Resting place | St. Patrick's Cemetery,Bay City, Michigan |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouses | |
Thomas Addis Emmet Weadock (January 1, 1850 – November 18, 1938) was a judge and politician from theU.S. state ofMichigan.
Weadock was born inBallygarrett inCounty Wexford on theisland of Ireland (then a part ofthe U.K.). He immigrated to theUnited States in infancy with his parents, Lewis Weadock and Mary (Cullen) Weadock, who settled on a farm nearSt. Marys, Ohio.[1] He was educated in thecommon schools and the Union School at St. Marys and taught school in the counties ofAuglaize,Shelby, andMiami for five years.[2] His brother, George W. Weadock, was amayor of Saginaw and the father and grandfather ofstate senators.[3]
Weadock graduated from the law department of theUniversity of Michigan atAnn Arbor in March 1873 and was admitted to the bar the same year commencing practice inBay City.[2] The following year, he married Mary E. Tarsney a sister of two U.S. Representatives:Timothy E. Tarsney of Michigan andJohn Charles Tarsney ofMissouri.[3]
Weadock served in the State militia 1874-1877; was prosecuting attorney ofBay County in 1877 and 1878; chairman of the Democratic State conventions in 1883 and 1894; mayor of Bay City 1883-1885; and member of the board of education of Bay City in 1884.[2] His first wife, Mary, died in 1889. Later, in 1893, he married Nannie E. Curtiss, who died in 1927.[1]
In 1890, Weadock was elected as aDemocrat fromMichigan's 10th congressional district to the52nd Congress and was re-elected in 1892 to the53rd Congress, serving from March 4, 1891 to March 3, 1895. He was chairman of theCommittee on Mines and Mining during the 53rd Congress. He declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1894, but was a delegate at large to the1896 Democratic National Convention.[2]
After leaving Congress, Weadock resumed the practice of law in Bay City, and later moved toDetroit continuing to practice. He was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for judge of theMichigan Supreme Court in 1904. Eight years later, he was appointed a professor of law at theUniversity of Detroit in 1912.[2] Six years later in 1933, he was appointed an associate justice of the state supreme court.[2]
Thomas A. E. Weadock was also a member of theAmerican Bar Association and theAncient Order of Hibernians.[3] He died in Detroit at the age of eighty-eight and is interred in St. Patrick's Cemetery of Bay City.[2]
| Party political offices | ||
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| Preceded by | Democratic nominee forU.S. Senator fromMichigan (Class 2) 1930 | Succeeded by |
| U.S. House of Representatives | ||
| Preceded by | United States Representative for the 10th Congressional District of Michigan 1891 – 1895 | Succeeded by |
