Fred A. Thomas (May 26, 1865 – June 12, 1958) was a politician in the state of

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Biography

Thomas was born on May 26, 1865, in

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, and died on June 12, 1958, in

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. His grandson, also named

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, served in the Montana State Senate.

Career

Thomas served as a member of the

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from 1947 to 1949. He was a Republican. Thomas publicly opposed

Mike Mansfield Michael Joseph Mansfield (March 16, 1903 – October 5, 2001) was an American Democratic Party politician and diplomat who represented Montana in the United States House of Representatives from 1943 to 1953 and United States Senate from 1953 t ...

's candidacy for the

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in 1952, accusing Mansfield of communist sympathies.

References

1865 births 1958 deaths People from Potosi, Wisconsin People from Stevensville, Montana Members of the Montana House of Representatives 20th-century members of the Montana Legislature {{Montana-politician-stub