R. Ewing Thomason
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Robert Ewing Thomason (30 May 1879, Bedford County, Tennessee – 8 November 1973, El Paso, Texas) was a Texas politician, a member and Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, the mayor of El Paso, a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, and a federal district judge.
Thomason did not normally use his first name and was known as R. Ewing Thomason or Ewing Thomason.
El Paso County Hospital District's Thomason Hospital is named for him.
[edit] External links
- Robert Ewing Thomason from the Handbook of Texas Online
- El Paso County, Texas at the Political Graveyard
Preceded by Claude Benton Hudspeth |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 16th congressional district 1931–1949 |
Succeeded by Kenneth M. Regan |