Ormsby B. Thomas

Ormsby Brunson Thomas ( born August 21, 1832 in Sandgate, Bennington County, Vermont, † October 24, 1904 in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin ) was an American politician. Between 1885 and 1891 he represented the state of Wisconsin in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1836 Ormsby Thomas moved with his parents to Wisconsin. He attended the schools of his new home and then returned to Vermont back to continue his education at Burr Seminary, Manchester. After a subsequent law degree from the National Law School in Poughkeepsie (New York) and in 1856 made ​​his admission to the bar he began in Prairie du Chien (Wisconsin ) to work in his new profession. In the local Crawford County, he was district attorney. During the Civil War, Captain Thomas was in an infantry unit from Wisconsin. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party. In the years 1862, 1865 and 1867, he was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly; 1880 to 1881 he was a member of the State Senate.

In the congressional elections of 1884, Thomas was in the seventh constituency of Wisconsin in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeded the Democrats Gilbert M. Woodward on March 4, 1885. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1891 three legislative periods. From 1889 to 1891 he was chairman of the committee that dealt with war reparations. In the elections of 1890 Thomas was defeated by Democrat Frank P. Coburn.

After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives Ormsby Thomas again worked as a lawyer in Prairie du Chien. There he is on October 24, 1904 and passed away.

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