Thomas Plater

Thomas Plater ( born May 9, 1769 in Annapolis, Maryland; † May 1, 1830 in Poolesville, Maryland ) was an American politician. Between 1801 and 1805 he represented the state of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Thomas Plater was a son of Governor George Plater ( 1735-1792 ). He attended the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg ( Virginia). After a subsequent study of law and qualifying as a lawyer, he began to work in this profession. In 1794 he took part in the suppression of the Whiskey Rebellion as a lieutenant colonel in the state militia. Then he held in his home several local offices. Politically, he joined, founded by Alexander Hamilton Federalist Party.

In the congressional elections of 1800 Plater in the third constituency of Maryland was in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of William Craik on March 4, 1801. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1805 two legislative sessions. In this time of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 incurred and the ratification of the Twelfth Amendment, fell in 1804. According to the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Thomas Plater again practiced as a lawyer. He died on 1 May 1830 in Poolesville.

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