Thomas J. Geary

Thomas J. Geary ( born January 18, 1854 in Boston, Massachusetts, † July 6, 1929 in Santa Rosa, California ) was an American politician. Between 1890 and 1895 he represented the state of California in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1863, Thomas Geary moved with his parents to San Francisco, where he attended the public schools. After a subsequent law studies at St. Ignatius College, and his 1877 was admitted to the bar he began to work in Petaluma in this profession. In 1882 he moved to Santa Rosa. Between 1883 and 1884 Geary was district attorney in the local Sonoma County. He then practiced again as a private lawyer. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. After the resignation of Rep. John J. De Haven, he was at the due election for the first seat of California as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on 9 December 1890. After two re- elections he could remain until March 3, 1895 Congress. In 1894, he was not confirmed.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Geary again worked as a lawyer. In 1900 he went to Nome in Alaska district. In 1902 he returned to San Francisco; the following year he was finally settled in Santa Rosa. In these places he worked respectively as a lawyer. 1923 Thomas Geary withdrew into retirement. He died on July 6, 1929 in Santa Rosa, where he was also buried.

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