10 Facts About Christopher Thomas

Christopher Yancy Thomas was a politician and lawyer from Virginia.

Christopher Thomas served brief terms in the Virginia Senate, Virginia House and US House of Representatives.

Christopher Thomas read law and was admitted to the bar in 1844, commencing practice in Martinsville, Virginia.

Christopher Thomas served in the Confederate Virginia Senate from 1860 to 1864 and was member of the commission to settle the boundary line between Virginia and North Carolina.

Christopher Thomas served as prosecuting attorney for Henry County, Virginia, and in 1867 was elected to serve the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1868.

In 1872, Christopher Thomas ran as a Republican for the United States House of Representatives for Virginia's 5th district.

Christopher Thomas ran against former Confederate officer and Conservative Democrat Alexander Davis, who was initially declared the victor, but Thomas contested the result and was seated.

However, Christopher Thomas served only a single term from 1874 to 1875, losing his reelection bid in 1874 to Democrat George Cabell, another lawyer and former Confederate officer active in railroad promotion.

Christopher Thomas resumed practicing law until his death in Martinsville, Virginia on February 11,1879.

Christopher Thomas was interred in the family cemetery on Leatherwood plantation.