Thomas David Nicholls (September 16, 1870 – January 19, 1931) was an IndependentDemocratic member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania.
Thomas D. Nicholls was born inWilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on September 16, 1870. During his childhood, he and his parents moved toNanticoke, Pennsylvania, where he worked in the area's mines as a boy, studied mining by correspondence and passed a state examination in 1897, after which he was awarded a mine foreman's certificate of competency.
Subsequently appointed superintendent of mines, he became district president of District No. 1 of theUnited Mine Workers of America. He served in that capacity from 1899 until 1909 when he resigned for health reasons.
Nicholls was elected as an Independent Democrat to theSixtieth andSixty-first Congresses, but was not a candidate for renomination in 1910.
After completing his legislative tenure, he settled on a farm inSomerset County, Maryland, nearPrincess Anne and engaged in the raising ofpoultry, beginning in 1911.
Nicholls died in Princess Anne on January 19, 1931; he was interred in the Antioch Methodist Episcopal Cemetery.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 10th congressional district 1907–1911 | Succeeded by |
