Thomas Whitehead

Thomas Whitehead

Infobox_Congressman
name=Thomas Whitehead


state=Virginia
district=6th
term=March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875
preceded=John T. Harris
succeeded=John R. Tucker
date of birth=birth date|1825|12|27|mf=y
place of birth=Lovingston, Virginia, U.S.
date of death=death date and age|1901|7|1|1825|12|27|mf=y
place of death=Lynchburg, Virginia, U.S.
spouse=
profession=Politician, Lawyer, Merchant, Editor
religion=
party=Democrat|

Thomas Whitehead (December 27, 1825 – July 1, 1901) was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer, editor and merchant from Virginia.

Born in Lovingston, Virginia, Whitehead received a limited education as a child, later engaged in mercantile pursuits, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1849, commencing practice in Amherst, Virginia. During the Civil War, he served in the Confederate Army as captain of Company E, 2nd Virginia Cavalry from 1861 to 1865. Afterwards, he was elected to the Virginia Senate, but Reconstruction prevented him from taking seat. Whitehead was elected prosecuting attorney for Amherst County, Virginia in 1866 and again in 1869, resigning in 1873. He was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives in 1872, serving from 1873 to 1875 and afterwards was editor of the "Lynchburg News" in 1876 and of the "Lynchburg Advance" in 1880. Whitehead resumed practicing law and was elected commissioner of agriculture for Virginia in 1888, serving until his death on July 1, 1901 near Lynchburg, Virginia. He was interned in Spring Hill Cemetery in Lynchburg.

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