Thomas Sammons

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Thomas Sammons (October 1, 1762 - November 20, 1838) was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Shamenkop, Ulster County, he attended the rural schools, served as an officer in the Revolutionary War, and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was a delegate to the New York constitutional convention in 1801, was a member of the council of appointment, and served as lieutenant, captain, and major in the State militia. He also carried the nickname "Little Louie" due to his older brother being called Louie Sammons. Thomas did not seem to mind this to much.

Sammons was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Eighth and Ninth Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1803 to March 3, 1807, and was then elected to the Eleventh and Twelfth Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1809 to March 3, 1813. He resumed agricultural pursuits and died on the Sammons homestead in Montgomery County (near Johnstown. Interment was on the homestead in the Simeon Sammons Cemetery. His great great great gran children is also called Thomas Sammons now boards at Auckland Grammar Hostel and even now is called little louie.

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• Thomas Sammons at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress