Charles S. Thomas

Charles Thomas
United States Senator
from Colorado
In office
January 15, 1913 – March 3, 1921
Preceded by Charles J. Hughes Jr.
Succeeded by Samuel D. Nicholson
11th Governor of Colorado
In office
January 10, 1899 – January 8, 1901
Lieutenant Francis Patrick Carney
Preceded by Alva Adams
Succeeded by James B. Orman
Personal details
Born Charles Spalding Thomas
(1849-12-06)December 6, 1849
Darien, Georgia, U.S.
Died June 24, 1934(1934-06-24) (aged 84)
Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Political party Democratic
Education University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (LLB)
Military service
Allegiance  Confederate States
Service/branch Confederate States Army
Rank Private
Unit Georgia State Militia[1]
Battles/wars American Civil War

Charles Spalding Thomas (December 6, 1849 – June 24, 1934) was a United States Senator from Colorado. Born in Darien, Georgia he attended private schools in Georgia and Connecticut, and served briefly in the Confederate Army.

Biography

Thomas graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1871, and was admitted to the bar the same year. He moved to Colorado and began to practice in Denver, where he was a city attorney in 1875 and 1876. He was a member of the Democratic National Committee from 1884 to 1896, and was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States House of Representatives in 1884, to the Senate in 1888 and 1895, and to the governorship in 1894.

Thomas served as the 11th Governor of Colorado from 1899 to 1901. In 1913, he was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1912 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Charles J. Hughes, Jr.; in 1914, he was reelected to a full term. Thomas served from January 15, 1913, to March 3, 1921, and was the last Confederate veteran to serve in the Senate.[2] In 1920, he was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection on the Nationalist ticket, receiving only 3% of the vote.[3]

In the Sixty-third and Sixty-fourth Congresses, Thomas was chairman of the Committee on Woman Suffrage, and a member of the Committee on Coast Defenses (Sixty-fifth Congress) and the Committee on Pacific Railroads (Sixty-sixth Congress). He resumed the practice of law in Denver, where he died on June 24, 1934; his remains were cremated and his ashes were scattered in the mountains.

Notes

  1. ↑ Ketelsen, Terry. "Biography of Charles Spalding Thomas". Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Civil War Veterans in the Senate". United States Senate. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  3. ↑ Page, William Tyler. "Statistics of the Congressional and Presidential Elections of November 6, 1934" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-10-16. Retrieved 2006-10-25.

References

  • United States Congress. "Charles S. Thomas (id: T000160)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Party political offices
Preceded by
Joseph H. Maupin		 Democratic nominee for Governor of Colorado
1894		 Succeeded by
Alva Adams
Preceded by
Alva Adams		 Democratic nominee for Governor of Colorado
1898		 Succeeded by
James Bradley Orman
Preceded by
John W. Daniel		 Keynote Speaker of the Democratic National Convention
1900		 Succeeded by
John Sharp Williams
First Democratic nominee for U.S. Senator from Colorado
(Class 3)
1914		 Succeeded by
Tully Scott
Political offices
Preceded by
Alva Adams		 Governor of Colorado
1899–1901		 Succeeded by
James B. Orman
U.S. Senate
Preceded by
Charles J. Hughes Jr.		 U.S. Senator (Class 3) from Colorado
1913–1921
Served alongside: Simon Guggenheim, John F. Shafroth, Lawrence C. Phipps		 Succeeded by
Samuel D. Nicholson
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