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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeIsaac THOMAS
(1784-1859)
THOMAS, Isaac, a
Representative from Tennessee; born in Sevierville, Tenn., November
4, 1784; after the death of his parents he moved to Winchester,
Tenn., in 1800; self-educated; studied law; was admitted to the bar
in 1808 and practiced in Winchester; elected as a Republican to the
Fourteenth Congress (March 4, 1815-March 3, 1817); moved to
Alexandria, Rapides Parish, La., in 1819; resumed the practice of
law; purchased vast tracts of land adjoining Alexandria and became
one of the largest landowners and slaveholders in Louisiana; was
the first man to introduce the cultivation of sugar cane in central
Louisiana; also engaged in mercantile pursuits and in the operation
of sawmills and steamboats; served as brigadier general of the
Louisiana Militia; served in the State senate 1823-1827; moved to
California in 1849; returned to Alexandria, La., where he died on
February 2, 1859; interment in the Flint lot, in Rapides Cemetery,
Pineville, La.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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