Thomas Parran, Sr.

Thomas Parran, Sr. (* February 12, 1860 in St. Leonard, Calvert County, Maryland, † March 29, 1955 ) was an American politician. Between 1911 and 1913 he represented the state of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Thomas Parran attended the common schools and the Charlotte Hall Academy. Then he hit as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career. In the years 1884 to 1888 he sat in the House of Representatives from Maryland. From 1889 to 1893 he was employed in an executive position with the tax authorities in the financial district of Baltimore. He then worked in agriculture. Between 1892 and 1894 Parran was a member of the Senate of Maryland. From 1895 to 1897 he held the post of Administrative Assistant Enrollment Clerk. From 1897 to 1901 he was employed clerk at the Administration of the U.S. House of Representatives as an index. After that, he was an administrative assistant at the Maryland Court of Appeals. In the years 1888, 1904 and 1908 he was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions relevant, on which Benjamin Harrison, Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft was nominated as the presidential candidate.

In the congressional elections of 1910 Parran was in the fifth electoral district of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Sydney Emanuel Mudd on March 4, 1911. Since he has not been confirmed in 1912, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1913. Between 1913 and 1916 Parran was a member of the Road Construction Committee of the State of Maryland. After that, he was in 1917 and 1918 immigration officer over the years. In the meantime, he worked again in agriculture. He was also a board member of the County Trust Company. He died on 29 March 1955 at the age of 95 years in St. Leonard. His son Thomas (1892-1968) was the Surgeon General of the United States.