Thomas, Henry F
soldier, physician, state senator, congressman, was born Dec. 17, 1843, in Tompkins township, Mich. He enlisted in the seventh Michigan cavalry as a private; was present with his company in nearly all of the memorable campaigns in which it was engaged, and was honorably discharged in 1865. In 1873 and 1874 he was elected a member of the Michigan state house of representatives from Allegan. He has been president of Allegan village, and in 1884 was a delegate to the republican national convention from the fifth district; has been president of the West Michigan Medical society. He was elected to the fifty-third and re-elected to the fifty-fourth congress as a republican.