Education
Columbia University; Columbia Law School.
Columbia University; Columbia Law School.
Thomas Bach"s mother was Elizabeth Brinckhoff Nostrand (1822–1887), a descendant of the 1624 Dutch settlers to New Amsterdam. Thomas was born to John and Elizabeth Bach in Brooklyn on October 10, 1853, the seventh of 12 children. In the early 1860s, the family moved to Manhattan, where the Bach family"s wealth afforded them an opulent lifestyle.
On August 9, 1886, President Grover Cleveland appointed Bach as a judge of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Montana to serve in the newly created fourth position on the territorial supreme court.
Bach held the office until 1889, when Montana gained statehood. He served as a District Judge for the First Judicial District from 1907 to 1909.
Bach was married to Kathryn Child (1863–1926), a native of San Francisco, California. They had two children, Dorothy (1891–1968) and Marjorie (1892–1972).
Thomas Bach died in Pasadena, California, on October 29, 1914, at the age of 61.
In 1892, Bach was elected a member of the Montana State Legislature and was chairman of the Judiciary Committee.