Thomas Peter Akers

Background

Akers, Thomas Peter was born on October 4, 1828 in Knox County, Ohio, United States.

Education

Graduate from an Ohio college Studied law.

Career

He became a school teacher in Kentucky, and moved later, in 1853, to Lexington, Missouri. He became a professor of mathematics and moral philosophy at Masonic College in Lexington, as well as the pastor of a local Methodist church there. On August 18, 1856 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives as a Know Nothing to fill a vacant seat.

He remained in that position through the next election.

He moved to New York City in 1861, and became a vice president of the gold board. He subsequently moved to Utah Territory because of ill health, and eventually returned to Lexington, Missouri, where he died in 1877.

Achievements

• Thomas Peter Akers has been listed as a noteworthy congressman by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member United States House