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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TexasThomas Moore PASCHAL
(1845-1919)
PASCHAL, Thomas Moore, a
Representative from Texas; born in Alexandria, Rapides Parish, La.,
December 15, 1845; moved with his parents to San Antonio, Tex., in
1846; educated in private schools; attended St. Mary’s
College, San Antonio, Tex.; was graduated from Centre College,
Danville, Ky., in 1866; studied law; was admitted to the bar in
1867 and commenced practice in San Antonio; city attorney in 1867;
United States commissioner for the western district of Texas
1867-1869; judge of the district criminal court for San Antonio in
1870 and 1871; moved to Castroville, Tex., in 1870; district
attorney of the twenty-fourth district 1871-1875; moved to
Brackett, King County, in 1873; elected judge of the thirty-eighth
judicial district in 1876; reelected in 1880 and 1884, and served
until 1892; appointed by Governor Coke as extradition agent between
the United States and Mexico in 1876 and reappointed by Governor
Roberts in 1880; returned to Castroville in 1885; elected as a
Democrat to the Fifty-third Congress (March 4, 1893-March 3, 1895);
unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1894; resumed the
practice of law in San Antonio, Tex.; delegate to the Democratic
National Convention in 1896; died in New York City, January 28,
1919; interment in Mission Burial Park, San Antonio, Tex.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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