Background
Blount, Thomas was born on May 10, 1759 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, United States. Son of Jacob and Barbara (Gray) Blount.
United States representative politician
Blount, Thomas was born on May 10, 1759 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, United States. Son of Jacob and Barbara (Gray) Blount.
At the age of 16, Blount entered the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Captured during the conflict, he was among those prisoners of war shipped to England for detention. After the war, he returned to North Carolina.
He engaged in the mercantile business in Tarboro a rapidly growing port city on the fall line.
In 1788, he was elected to the State House of Commons. He was elected to the United States. House of Representatives, serving during 1793–1799, 1805–1809, 1811–1812 (he lost elections in 1802 and 1808).
He died in office and is interred in the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, District of Columbia His home at Tarboro, The Grove, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
Member North Carolina Convention to ratify United States Constitution. Member North Carolina Legislature, 1789-1793. Member United States House of Representatives (Democrat) from North Carolina, 3d-5th, 9th-10th, 12th congresses, 1793-1799, 1805-1809, 11-12.
Married Jacky Sullivan Sumner.