Background
Rivers, Thomas was born on September 18, 1819 in Franklin County, Tennessee, United States.
United States representative politician
Rivers, Thomas was born on September 18, 1819 in Franklin County, Tennessee, United States.
He received an academic education and attended La Grange College in Alabama.
He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1839. Rivers began his practice of law in Somerville, Tennessee. He also served for many years in the state militia ranking as a brigadier general.
Elected as the candidate of the American Party to the Thirty-fourth Congress, but not a candidate for renomination in 1856, Rivers served from March 4, 1855 to March 3, 1857. Resuming his profession, Rivers continued the practice of law until his death on his plantation near Somerville, Tennessee. Rivers died on March 18, 1863.
He is interred in Somerville Cemetery, Somerville, Tennessee.
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