Thomas Spight

Thomas Spight (* October 25, 1841 in Ripley, Tippah County, Mississippi; † January 5, 1924 ) was an American politician. Between 1898 and 1911 he represented the second electoral district of the state of Mississippi in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Thomas Spight attended the public schools of his home, the Ripley Academy and then the Purdy College in Tennessee. In addition, he also studied yet at LaGrange synodical college in Tennessee. During the Civil War, he brought it in the army of the Confederate States until Captain.

After the war Spight first worked as a teacher and in agriculture. After studying law and its made in 1875 admitted to the bar he began in his birthplace, Ripley to work in his new profession. Politically, Thomas Spight member of the Democratic Party. Between 1874 and 1880 he was a delegate in the House of Representatives from Mississippi. Back then rose Spight also in the newspaper business. In 1879 he founded the newspaper "Southern Sentinel". After five years, however, he withdrew again from this industry. From 1884 to 1892 was Spight district attorney for the third judicial district.

Following the resignation of Congressman William V. Sullivan, who moved to the U.S. Senate, Spight was established in 1898 in a special election to succeed him in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. After he was confirmed in the following elections in each case in this office, he was able to exercise the mandate in Congress between July 5, 1898 and March 3, 1911. In 1910, he was not nominated by his party for another term. After leaving Congress Spight again worked as a lawyer. He also dealt with religious matters. He died on 5 January 1924 in his birthplace, Ripley and was also buried there.

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