Background
Thomas, David was born on June 11, 1762 in Pelham, Massachusetts, United States. Son of David and Elizabeth (Harper) Thomas.
United States representative politician
Thomas, David was born on June 11, 1762 in Pelham, Massachusetts, United States. Son of David and Elizabeth (Harper) Thomas.
Thomas was educated in Pelham, and was a veteran of the American Revolution.
David Thomas (June 11, 1762 Pelham, Hampshire County, Massachusetts – November 27, 1831 Providence, Rhode Island) was an American politician. He served three full terms and one partial term in the United States House of Representatives, and three years as New York State Treasurer. In 1781 he joined the Fifth Massachusetts Regiment as a corporal, and later became a sergeant in the Third Massachusetts Regiment.
He moved to Salem, New York, in 1784, where he owned and operated a tavern for several years.
He was commissioned a captain in the New York State Militia in 1786 and rose to the rank of major general of the northern division of the militia in 1805. He was town supervisor of Salem from 1797 to 1800, and a justice of the peace from 1798 to 1801, in 1804 and 1811.
Thomas was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th United States Congresses, and served from March 4, 1801, to May 1, 1808, when he resigned. He was New York State Treasurer from February 5, 1808 to February 8, 1810, and again from February 18, 1812, to February 10, 1813.
Thomas later moved to Providence, Rhode island, where he died on November 27, 1831.
He was buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Salem, New New York
In 1777 he joined a militia unit which traveled from Massachusetts to defend Rhode Island from the British Army.
Member of New York Assembly (Anti-Federalist), 1793, 98, 99. Member United States House of Reps, from New York, 7th-10th congresses, 1801-May 1, 1808.
Married Jeannette Turner, 1784.