John W. Thomas

John W. Thomas ( born January 4, 1874 Phillips County, Kansas, † November 10, 1945 in Washington DC ) was an American politician of the Republican Party, who represented the state of Idaho in the U.S. Senate.

Life

John Thomas came on a farm in Kansas to the world. He attended the village school and later the Central Normal College in Great Bend. He then became a teacher and has held from 1898 to 1903 the Office of the Superintendent of Schools in Phillips County. From 1906 to 1909 he worked at Colby for the Land Office, before he moved to Gooding, Idaho, where he was employed in the banking industry and livestock operation. With his wife, Florence, he had a daughter: Mary Brooks later became politically active as a state senator from Idaho itself and was from 1969 to 1977 director of the United States Mint.

Political career

1917 Thomas was elected for a two year term as mayor of Gooding. Between 1925 and 1933 he was a member of the Republican National Committee.

After the death of his political mentor, Frank Thomas Gooding was appointed by Idaho Governor HC Baldridge as his successor in the U.S. Senate. He took advantage of his position as from 30 June 1928, was confirmed in a by-election for Gooding's remaining term of office. Thomas competed in 1932 for a full term, but was defeated by Democrat James P. Pope.

As a result, he was initially active again in his previous business areas. In 1940 he moved again to the Senate. Again he was the governor, in this case CA Bottolfsen, appointed a deceased senator ( William Borah ). Again he won as a result, the election for the unexpired period and this time also the choice for a full six-year term in 1942, where he sat down by each to Democrat Glen H. Taylor. However, John Thomas died three years later, even in the office.