OVERVIEW:
FULL NAME:
Philip Francis Thomas
BORN:
September 12, 1810
Easton, Maryland
DIED:
October 2, 1890 (age 80)
Baltimore, Maryland
EDUCATION:
Dickinson College (BA, 1830)
POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
1831:
Admitted to the Maryland Bar,
Began Practicing Law in Easton, Maryland
1836:
Delegate to the Maryland State Constitutional Convention
1838:
Maryland House of Delegates
1839-1841:
U.S. House of Representatives (D-MD)
1843:
Maryland House of Delegates
1845:
Maryland House of Delegates
1848-1851:
Governor of Maryland
1851-1853:
Comptroller of the U.S. Treasury
1853-1860:
Collector of the Port of Baltimore
1860:
U.S. Commissioner of Patents
1860-1861:
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
1867:
Maryland House of Delegates
1875-1877:
U.S. House of Representatives
1878:
Maryland House of Delegates
1883:
Maryland House of Delegates
1883:
Delegate to the Democratic State Convention
RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
U.S. House of Representatives
Maryland State Archives
Department of the Treasury
Wikipedia