Richard Thomas

Photo credit:

Congressional Biographies; Portrait, Miniature by James Peale, 1794, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Restricted

Sessions

Session	Position	District	Party
1791-1792		9	Federalist
1793-1794		9	Federalist

Counties	Chester

Biography

1744 - 1832

Richard Thomas was born in West Whiteland, Chester County, Pa., December 30, 1744; educated at home by private teachers; served in the Revolutionary Army as colonel of the First Regiment, Chester County Volunteers; elected as a Federalist to the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Congresses (March 4, 1795-March 3, 1801); engaged in agricultural pursuits; died in Philadelphia, Pa., January 19, 1832; interment in the Friends Western Burial Ground.