Thomason, Robert Ewing

Name: Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 - Thomason, Robert Ewing
Author: U.S. Congress

Thomason, Robert Ewing, a Representative from Texas; born in Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tenn., May 30, 1879; moved to Gainesville, Cooke County, Tex., with his parents in 1880; attended the public schools; was graduated from Southwestern University, Georgetown, Tex., in 1898 and from the law department of the University of Texas at Austin in 1900; was admitted to the bar in 1900 and commenced practice in Gainesville, Tex.; prosecuting attorney of Cooke County, Tex., 1902-1906; moved to El Paso, Tex., in 1911 and continued the practice of law; member of the State house of representatives 1917-1921, and served as speaker in 1920 and 1921; mayor of El Paso 1927-1931; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-second and to the eight succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1931, until his resignation on July 31, 1947, having been appointed United States district judge for the western district of Texas, in which capacity he is now serving; is a resident of El Paso, Tex.

Contents:

Related Resources

None available for this document.

Download Options

Title: Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949

Select an option:

*Note: A download may not start for up to 60 seconds.

Email Options

Title: Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949

Select an option:

Email addres:

*Note: It may take up to 60 seconds for for the email to be generated.

Chicago: U.S. Congress, "Thomason, Robert Ewing," Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1912 Original Sources, accessed March 18, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=5DDB23A869Q6LYD.

MLA: U.S. Congress. "Thomason, Robert Ewing." Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1912, Original Sources. 18 Mar. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=5DDB23A869Q6LYD.

Harvard: U.S. Congress, 'Thomason, Robert Ewing' in Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949. cited in , U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1912. Original Sources, retrieved 18 March 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=5DDB23A869Q6LYD.