Emmet Thomas
Emmet Thomas | |
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![]() 1904 | |
Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives | |
In office January 5, 1904 – January 1908 | |
Preceded by | A. J. Russell |
Succeeded by | Hugh M. Street |
Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the Washington County district | |
In office January 1890 – January 1908 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Gonzales, Texas | June 10, 1855
Died | September 15, 1932 | (aged 77)
Political party | Democratic |
Emmet Nicholson Thomas was an American politician. He was the speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1904 to 1908.
Early life & career[]
Emmet Nicholson Thomas was born on June 10, 1855, in Gonzales, Texas.[1][2][3] He was the son of William Thomas, a probate judge in Texas during the Civil War, and his wife Ann (Rogers) Thomas; both of whom were of Scottish descent.[1][2] Thomas attended public schools, and he graduated from Mississippi College with a in 1876.[1][2] Thomas then read law and was admitted to the bar in 1880.[1][2] He then began practicing law in Washington County, Mississippi.[2]
Political career[]
Thomas was elected to represent Washington County as a Democrat in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1889.[1][2][4] He was re-elected in 1895, 1899, and 1903.[1][2] On June 3, 1903, he officiated at the laying of the cornerstone of Mississippi's new State Capitol.[1] On January 5, 1904, Thomas was elected by the other representatives to be the office of the Speaker of the House.[1][2]
Later life[]
Thomas died on September 15, 1932.[3]
Personal life[]
Thomas was a Presbyterian.[1][2] He was a Grand Master of the Masonic .[1][2][3] In 1884, he married Martha H. Shackleford; they had three children together.[1][2]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Mississippi Official and Statistical Register. 1904. p. 568.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 803. ISBN 978-0-87152-223-8.
- ^ a b c Commandery (Mich.), Knights Templar (Masonic order) Grand (1933). Annual Conclave. Grand Commandery. p. 77.
- ^ Lowry, Robert; McCardle, William H. (1891). A History of Mississippi: From the Discovery of the Great River by Hernando DeSoto, Including the Earliest Settlement Made by the French Under Iberville, to the Death of Jefferson Davis. AMS Press. p. 601. ISBN 978-0-404-04610-1.
- 1855 births
- 1932 deaths
- Speakers of the Mississippi House of Representatives
- Members of the Mississippi House of Representatives
- Mississippi Democrats
- People from Greenville, Mississippi
- People from Gonzales, Texas
- 19th-century American politicians
- 20th-century American politicians
- American Presbyterians
- American people of Scottish descent
- Mississippi College alumni