Thomas Speed

Thomas Speed ​​( * October 25, 1768 in Charlotte County, Virginia; † February 20, 1842 in Bardstown, Kentucky ) was an American politician. Between 1817 and 1819 he represented the state of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Thomas Speed ​​was taught by his father. In 1782, he came to the territory of the later state of Kentucky, where he worked on a court as an employee. Since 1790, he has worked in Danville and Bardstown in trafficking. He then worked for several years as a farmer in Nelson County, before he became usher at the District Court. During the British - American War of 1812 was a major in the state militia Speed ​​of Kentucky. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic- Republican Party. In the congressional elections of 1816 he was in the tenth electoral district of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Benjamin Hardin on March 4, 1817. Since he lost to Hardin in the elections of 1818, Speed ​​was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1819.

After his time in the U.S. House of Representatives speed again worked on his farm. At the same time he began to write political and historical articles and publish in the newspaper " National Intelligencer " in Washington. Between 1821 and 1822 he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Kentucky. In 1835 he was a founding member of the Whig party. As the candidate he was in 1840 again elected to the state legislature. Thomas Speed ​​died on February 20, 1842 on his farm near Bardstown. His nephew James Speed ​​(1812-1887) was 1864-1866 United States Attorney General.