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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—WyomingCraig Lyle THOMAS
(1933-2007)
Senate Years of Service:
1995-2007Party: RepublicanTHOMAS, Craig Lyle, a
Representative and a Senator from Wyoming; born in Cody, Park
County, Wyo., February 17, 1933; attended public schools; B.A.,
University of Wyoming 1955; LLB LaSalle Extension University 1968;
entered the United States Marine Corps as a private 1955, released
as a captain 1959; executive vice president, Wyoming Farm Bureau
1966-1975; natural resource director, American Farm Bureau
1971-1975; general manager, Wyoming Rural Electric Association
1975-1989; independent small businessman; state representative,
Wyoming 1984-1989; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred First
Congress, by special election, April 25, 1989, to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Richard B. Cheney; reelected to the
One Hundred Second and One Hundred Third Congresses and served from
April 26, 1989, to January 3, 1995; was not a candidate for
reelection to the House of Representatives in 1994, but was elected
to the United States Senate in 1994; reelected in 2000, and again
in 2006 for the term ending January 3, 2013; died of leukemia at
the Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. on June 4, 2007;
interment in Riverside Cemetery, Cody, Wyoming.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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