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{{Unreferenced|date=January 2009}} '''James Houston Thomas''' (1808 - 1876) was an [[United States|American]] politician and a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] for [[Tennessee]]'s [[Tennessee's 6th congressional district|6th congressional district]]. ==Biography== He was born in [[Iredell County, North Carolina|Iredell County]], [[North Carolina]] on September 22, 1808. He attended the rural schools and gradudated from Jackson College in [[Columbia, Tennessee]] in 1830. He studied law, was admitted to the [[bar association|bar]] in 1831, and commenced practice in Columbia, Tennessee. From 1836 to 1842, he served as Tennessee's [[attorney general]]. He was elected as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] to the [[Thirtieth United States Congress|Thirtieth]] and [[Thirty-first United States Congress|Thirty-first Congresses]]. Though he was not a successful candidate for re-election in 1850 to the [[Thirty-second United States Congress|Thirty-second Congress]], he was later elected to the [[Thirty-sixth United States Congress|Thirty-sixth Congress]]. He served from March 4, 1847 to March 3, 1851 and from March 4, 1859 to March 3, 1861. He resumed the practice of law in Columbia, Tennessee and died in [[Fayetteville, Tennessee]] in [[Lincoln County, Tennessee|Lincoln County]] on August 4, 1876. He was [[burial|interred]] in St. John's Cemetery in Ashwood in [[Maury County, Tennessee]]. == References == {{CongBio|T000170}} * [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8039577 Find-A-Grave bio] {{start box}} {{s-par|cs-hs}} {{succession box | before=none | title=[[Provisional Confederate Congress|Representative to the Provisional Confederate Congress from Tennessee]] | years=1861 | after=none}} {{end box}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Thomas, James Houston}} [[Category:1808 births]] [[Category:1876 deaths]] [[Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee]] [[Category:People of Tennessee in the American Civil War]] [[Category:Deputies and delegates of the Provisional Confederate Congress]] {{Tennessee-politician-stub}} [[de:James Houston Thomas]]
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