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Preceded by
  
Henry Hosford Gurley

Party
  
Democratic Party


Name
  
Philemon Thomas

Political party
  
Democratic

Resigned
  
March 4, 1835

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Born
  
February 9, 1763 Orange County, Virginia (
1763-02-09
)

Role
  
Member of the United States House of Representatives

Died
  
November 18, 1847, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

Succeeded by
  
Eleazer Wheelock Ripley

Philemon Thomas (February 9, 1763 in Orange County, Virginia – November 18, 1847 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) was a member of the United States House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana. He served two terms as a Democrat (1831–1835).

Philemon was born in Virginia. He served in the American forces during Revolutionary War and later moved to Kentucky. He was a member of Kentucky's Constitutional Convention and served in the state House and state Senate. In 1806 he moved to Louisiana. He commanded troops who on 1810 September 23 captured the Spanish fort in at Baton Rouge, commencing the West Florida Rebellion of 1810. A few days later the West Florida Assembly, meeting at Saint Francisville, commissioned General Philemon Thomas to march the West Florida Army across the newly proclaimed Republic.

According to Southeastern Louisiana University history professor Sam Hyde,

Philemon Thomas served in the War of 1812 and later served two terms in Congress. He ran for Governor twice, in 1824 and in 1828. He died in Baton Rouge and is interred there in the Baton Rouge National Cemetery.

References

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