Thomas, Francis
soldier, lawyer, congressman, governor, author, was born Feb. 3, 1799, in Frederick county, Md.
He was a member of the house of delegates in 1822, 1827, and 1829, when he was chosen speaker. He was a representative in congress from Maryland from 1831 to 1841; and in 1839 was president of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal. From 1841 to 1844 he was governor of Maryland; and was for the sixth time elected a representative to the thirty-seventh congress. He was re-elected to the thirtyeighth, thirty-ninth and fortieth congresses; and in 1872 was appointed United States minister to Peru. He was killed in a railroad accident Jan. 22, 1876, in Frankville, Md. THOMAS, FREDERICK WILLIAM, clergyman, journalist, educator, author, was born in 1811 in Charleston, S. C. He was the author of The Emigrant, a Poem; The Beechen Tree, and Other Poems; Sketches of Character; Randolph of Roanoke. His novels include Clinton Bradshaw; East and West; and Howard Pinckney. He died Sept. 30, 1866, in Washington, D. C.