Thomas Raines

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Thomas Raines (August 13, 1842 Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York - August 12, 1924 Rochester, Monroe County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician.

Life

He was the son of Rev. John Raines (1818–1877) and Mary (Remington) Raines (1815–1889).

He was New York State Treasurer from 1872 to 1875, elected on the Republican ticket in 1871, and re-elected as a Liberal Republican on the Democratic ticket in 1873. In May 1874, he suffered a nervous breakdown and was described in the press as a "raving lunatic", being "stark mad", and suffering from "religious frenzy". He was declared incapacitated, and sent to the Utica State Asylum for treatment. On June 1, Abraham Lansing was appointed Treasurer by Governor John Adams Dix, pending Raines's recovery or a decision by the State Legislature which would convene only next January. After recovering his mental health, Raines was reinstated to the Treasury by Governor Dix on August 19, 1874.

He was admitted to the bar in 1879, and became a special county judge of Monroe County in 1883.

In 1911, he was President of the Monroe County Bar Association.

Congressman John Raines (1840–1909) and State Senator George Raines (1846–1908) were his brothers.

Works

Raines, Thomas, [et al.] (1895). Landmarks of Monroe County, New York. Boston: The Boston History Company. Retrieved 2013-11-10.

Sources

Political Graveyard
Rep. state ticket, in NYT on October 28, 1871
Nominations by the Dem. State Convention, in NYT on October 3, 1873
His mental health, in NYT on May 22, 1874
Lansing appointed, in NYT on June 2, 1874
Raines reinstated, in NYT on August 20, 1874
Monroe County Bar Association, past presidents

Political offices
Preceded by Wheeler H. Bristol	New York State Treasurer 1872 - 1874	Succeeded by Abraham Lansing Acting
Preceded by Abraham Lansing Acting	New York State Treasurer 1874 - 1875	Succeeded by Charles N. Ross

v t e New York State Treasurers

Livingston Bancker McClellan A G Lansing Thomas A G Lansing Thomas Platt Dox Knower Keyser Barstow Keyser Barstow Haight Farrington Enos Farrington Hunt Cook Welch Spaulding Clark Vanderpoel Dorsheimer Lewis Schuyler Howland Bristol Raines A Lansing* Raines Ross Mackin Wendell Maxwell Fitzgerald Danforth Colvin Jaeckel Wickser Wallenmeier Hauser Dunn Kennedy Batten* Call Wells Marshall Shuler Pounds

*denotes acting treasurer

Persondata
Name	Raines, Thomas
Alternative names
Short description	American judge
Date of birth	August 13, 1842
Place of birth
Date of death	August 12, 1924
Place of death

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