Thomas S. Martin

The Honorable Thomas Staples Martin
United States Senator from Virginia
In office March 4, 1895 – November 12, 1919
Preceded by	Eppa Hunton
Succeeded by	Carter Glass
Personal details
Born	(1847-07-29)July 29, 1847 Scottsville, Virginia
Died	November 12, 1919(1919-11-12) (aged 72) Charlottesville, Virginia
Political party	Democratic

Thomas Staples Martin (July 29, 1847 – November 12, 1919) was an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician from Charlottesville, Virginia. Immediately after his service in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, he attended the University of Virginia, where he was a member of Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity. He represented Virginia in the United States Senate for nearly twenty-five years.

His home, Faulkner House, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.^[1]

Martin died while in office, at his home in Charlottesville, and is buried in the University of Virginia Cemetery there.

References

External links

• Thomas Staples Martin in Encyclopedia Virginia
• MARTIN, Thomas Staples at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States Senators from Virginia Class 1 Grayson Walker Monroe S. Mason Taylor Venable Giles Moore Brent J. Barbour Randolph Tyler Rives Pennybacker J. Mason Willey Bowden Lewis Withers Mahone Daniel Swanson Byrd, Sr. Byrd, Jr. Trible Robb Allen Webb Kaine Class 2 Lee Taylor H. Tazewell Nicholas Moore Giles A. Mason Eppes Pleasants Taylor L. Tazewell Rives Leigh Parker Roane Archer Hunter Carlile Johnston Riddleberger J. S. Barbour Hunton Martin Glass Burch Robertson Spong Scott J. Warner M. Warner

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