About Horace Holmes Thomas
Lived 1831 – 1904 (aged 72). Horace Holmes Thomas was an American politician.
Horace Holmes Thomas (December 18, 1831 – March 17, 1904) was a lawyer, Union Army officer, state legislator, and appraiser in Illinois who served in the Illinois House of Representatives and Illinois Senate. He was a Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1880 to 1881.
He was born in Hubbardton, Vermont, graduated from Middlebury College, and studied law. He wrote about his Civil War experiences. He was written about by the Grand Army Hall and Memorial Association of Illinois in 1904.
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Who was Horace Holmes Thomas?
Union Army officer and politician (1831–1904)
When was Horace Holmes Thomas born?
Horace Holmes Thomas was born on 18 December 1831 in Hubbardton.
When did Horace Holmes Thomas die?
Horace Holmes Thomas died on 17 March 1904 in Chicago.
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Horace Holmes Thomas was a politician.
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Horace Holmes Thomas was American.
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