John R. Thomas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John R. Thomas

American politician

Date of Birth: 11-Oct-1846

Place of Birth: Mount Vernon, Illinois, United States

Date of Death: 19-Jan-1914

Profession: judge, lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

John Robert Thomas (October 11, 1846 – January 19, 1914) was a U.S.
Representative from Illinois.
He was later appointed a U.S.
District Judge in the Indian Territory, which then encompassed most the eastern part of present day Oklahoma, serving from 1898 to 1901.
After statehood, he served on the Oklahoma State Code Commission which was tasked with reviewing and editing the new state laws that had been hastily put together during the rush to statehood.
After returning to his private law practice, he went to the Oklahoma state prison at McAlester to interview an inmate on January 19, 1914, when he was killed by three other inmates who shot him to death while escaping prison. Judge Thomas was also the father of Carolyn T.
Foreman, who married banker Grant Foreman in 1905.
After their marriage and the judge's death, Carolyn and Grant become noted Oklahoma historians.