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Thomas Johns Perry (February 17, 1807 – June 27, 1871) was an American politician. Born in
Cumberland, Maryland Cumberland is a city in Allegany County, Maryland, United States, and its county seat. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city had a population of 19,075. Located on the Potomac River, Cumberland is a regional business and comm ...
, Perry completed preparatory studies and also studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1828 and commenced practice in Cumberland soon thereafter. He served as a member of the
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from 1834 to 1836 and was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth
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, serving from March 4, 1845, to March 3, 1847. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1846. After Congress, Perry served as associate judge of the sixth judicial district of Maryland from 1851 to 1861 and again from 1864 to 1871. He was also a delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1867. He died in Cumberland at the age of 64, and is interred in Rose Hill Cemetery.


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