Isaac Thomas, was an American politician representing Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives.
10 Facts About Isaac Thomas
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Isaac Thomas then married Emmeline Flint, with whose family he was in business.
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Isaac Thomas served as brigadier general of the Louisiana Militia during the War of 1812.
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Isaac Thomas was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fourteenth Congress, which lasted from March 4,1815, to March 3,1817.
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Isaac Thomas moved to Alexandria, Louisiana in 1819 and resumed the practice of law.
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Isaac Thomas purchased vast tracts of land adjoining Alexandria and became one of the largest landowners and slaveholders in Louisiana.
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Isaac Thomas was the first man to introduce the cultivation of sugarcane in central Louisiana.
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Isaac Thomas served as a member of the Louisiana Senate from 1823 to 1827.
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Isaac Thomas returned to Alexandria, Louisiana, where he died on February 2,1859.
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Isaac Thomas is interred at Flint lot, in Rapides Cemetery, at Pineville, Louisiana.