Thomas M. Paschal

Thomas Moore Paschal (* December 15, 1845 in Alexandria, Louisiana, † January 28, 1919 in New York City ) was an American politician. Between 1893 and 1895 he represented the state of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Even as a small child was Thomas Paschal in 1846 with his parents to San Antonio, Texas, where he later attended private schools and the St. Mary 's College. After that, he was until 1866 at the Centre College in Danville (Kentucky). After a subsequent law studies and his 1867 was admitted to a lawyer, he began in San Antonio to work in this profession. In 1867 he also became legal representatives of this city. From 1867 to 1869 Paschal was also Federal Commissioner ( Commissioner) for the western part of the State of Texas. In the years 1870 and 1871, he acted as a judge at the Criminal Court of San Antonio. From 1870 to 1873 he lived in Castroville, and thereafter at Brackett. Between 1871 and 1875 he was a prosecutor in the 24th Judicial District of the State of; 1876 ​​to 1892 he served as a judge on the 38th Judicial District. In the meantime, he was also a delivery agent ( Extradition Agent ) between the United States and Mexico.

Politically Paschal was a member of the Democratic Party. In the congressional elections of 1892 he was in the then newly established twelfth electoral district of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1893. Since he was not nominated by his party for re-election in 1894, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1895.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Thomas Paschal practiced as a lawyer again. In July 1896 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, was first nominated on the William Jennings Bryan as their presidential candidate. He died on January 28, 1919 in New York and was buried in San Antonio.