Horace Holmes Thomas (December 18, 1831 – March 17, 1904) was a lawyer, Union Army officer, state legislator, and appraiser in Illinois who served in the Illinois House of Representatives and Illinois Senate.[1] He was a Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1880 to 1881.[2]
He was born in Hubbardton, Vermont, graduated from Middlebury College, and studied law.[2][3] He moved to Chicago in 1859.[2]
He was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.[4] He wrote about his Civil War experiences.[2] He married and had a daughter.[3] He was written about by the Grand Army Hall and Memorial Association of Illinois in 1904.[5]
References
- ^ "Horace Holmes Thomas, Middlebury College Alumnus, Class of 1857". July 21, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b c d Service, U. S. Customs (July 25, 1985). "A biographical directory of the United States Customs Service, 1771–1989". The Service. Retrieved January 27, 2024 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Wiley, Edgar J., ed. (July 25, 1917). Catalogue of Officers and Students of Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont: And of Others who Have Received Degrees, 1800–1915. Middlebury College – via Google Books.
- ^ "Vermont Civil War, Lest We Forget". vermontcivilwar.org.
- ^ Illinois, Grand Army Hall and Memorial Association of (1904). Genl. Horace H. Thomas ...