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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MarylandThomas PARRAN
(1860-1955)
PARRAN, Thomas, a
Representative from Maryland; born near St. Leonard, Calvert
County, Md., February 12, 1860; attended the public schools and
Charlotte Hall (Md.) Academy; member of the State house of
delegates 1884-1888; served as chief deputy collector for the
Bureau of Internal Revenue, Baltimore district, 1889-1893; engaged
in farming at St. Leonard, Md., in 1890; served in the State senate
1892-1894; assistant enrolling clerk 1895-1897; index clerk of the
House of Representatives 1897-1901; clerk of the court of appeals
of Maryland 1901-1907; delegate to the Republican National
Conventions in 1888, 1904, and 1908; elected as a Republican to the
Sixty-second Congress (March 4, 1911-March 3, 1913); unsuccessful
candidate for reelection in 1912 to the Sixty-third Congress;
member of the Maryland Road Commission 1913-1916; Immigration
Commissioner in 1917 and 1918; resumed farming interests; member of
the board of directors of the County Trust Co., in Prince
Frederick, Md.; died in St. Leonard, Md., March 29, 1955; interment
in Christ Church Cemetery, Port Republic, Md.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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