Thomas Rivers

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Thomas Rivers was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 10th congressional district of Tennessee. He was born in Franklin County, Tennessee on September 18, 1819. He received an academic education and attended La Grange College in Alabama. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1839, and commenced practice in Somerville, Tennessee. He served for many years in the state militia ranking as a brigadier general.

He was elected as the candidate of the American Party to the Thirty-fourth Congress, but was not a candidate for renomination in 1856. He served from March 4, 1855 to March 3, 1857. He continued the practice of law until his death on his plantation near Somerville, Tennessee on March 18, 1863. He was interred in Somerville Cemetery.

This article incorporates facts obtained from the public domain Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.