Richard Thomas (Pennsylvania)

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Richard Thomas (December 30, 1744 - January 19, 1832) was a United States Representative from Pennsylvania. Born in West Whiteland, Pennsylvania, he was educated at home by private teachers. He served in the Revolutionary Army as colonel of the First Regiment, Chester County Volunteers, and was elected as a Federalist to the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1795 to March 3, 1801. He engaged in agricultural pursuits and in 1832 died in Philadelphia. Interment was in the Friends Western Burial Ground.

[edit] References

• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The Political Graveyard

[edit] External links

• Richard Thomas (Pennsylvania) Memorial at Find A Grave

Preceded by At large on a General ticket: Thomas Fitzsimons, John W. Kittera, Thomas Hartley, Thomas Scott, James Armstrong, Peter G. Muhlenberg, Andrew Gregg, Frederick A.C. Muhlenberg, Daniel Hiester, William Irvine, William Findley, John Smilie, and William Montgomery

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district 1795 - 1801

Succeeded by Joseph Hemphill