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John J. Thomas (August 8, 1813 – 1895) was a prominent
Confederate A confederation (also known as a confederacy or league) is a political union of sovereign states united for purposes of common action. Usually created by a treaty, confederations of states tend to be established for dealing with critical issu ...
politician. He was born in
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,
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and later moved to
Kentucky Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the ...
, where he served in the state legislature in 1851. He represented the state in the
Provisional Confederate Congress The Provisional Congress of the Confederate States, fully the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States of America, was a unicameral congress of deputies and delegates called together from the Southern States which became the governing ...
from 1861 to 1862 and afterwards served in the
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.


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Index to Politicians: Thomas, J.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Thomas, John J. 1813 births 1895 deaths Deputies and delegates to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States Members of the Kentucky House of Representatives 19th-century members of the Kentucky General Assembly