Thomas Evans (ca. 1755 – February 12, 1815) was an eighteenth- and nineteenth-century congressman and lawyer fromVirginia.
Born inAccomack County, Virginia, Evans attended theCollege of William and Mary. He studied law and was admitted to the bar. He was a member of theVirginia House of Delegates in 1780, 1781 and from 1794 to 1796. Evans was later elected aFederalist to theUnited States House of Representatives in 1796, serving from 1797 to 1801. There, he was appointed one of theimpeachment managers to conduct theimpeachment proceedings againstTennessee SenatorWilliam Blount in 1798. In 1802, Evans moved toWheeling, Virginia (nowWest Virginia) and once again became a member of the House of Delegates, serving in 1805 and 1806. He died in 1815.
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