Charles S. Thomas

Charles Spalding Thomas (December 6, 1849 in Darien, Georgia, † June 24, 1934 in Denver, Colorado ) was an American politician and from 1899 to 1901, the eleventh Governor of the State of Colorado.

Early years and political rise

Charles Thomas visited in Georgia and Connecticut private schools, before he attended for a short time in the Army of the Confederacy in the American Civil War. In 1871 he presented at the University of Michigan from his law exams. For health reasons he moved to Denver, where he worked as a lawyer.

Thomas was a member of the Democratic Party. From 1875 to 1877 he was attorney for the city of Denver. Between 1884 and 1896 he was at the Republican National Committee. In 1884, he ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Also unsuccessful were his candidates for the U.S. Senate in 1888 and 1894 and for the office of governor of Colorado in 1894. On 8 November 1898 he succeeded but then the election in which he was elected governor of his state.

Governor and Senator

Thomas took up his new post on January 10, 1899. During this time, an inheritance tax was introduced in Colorado and created the dish County. In the eight-hour day was introduced iron smelting.

After the death of Charles J. Hughes in 1913 he took over his seat in the U.S. Senate. After a re-election to this office he remained until March 1921 the Board. He was chairman of the committee which deliberated on women's suffrage at the federal level as well as a member of two other committees. After the end of his time in Congress, Thomas worked as a lawyer again. He died in June 1934. Together with his wife Emma Fletcher had five children.