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Lee Emmett Thomas
American politician from Louisiana (1866–1935)
Lee Emmett Thomas (23 September 1866 – 16 February 1935) was an American politician who served in the Louisiana House of Representatives and its Speaker as a member of the Democratic party.
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He also served as the Mayor of Shreveport from 1922 to 1930 and ran unsuccessfully for US Senator for Louisiana against Joseph E. Ransdell in 1924.[1]
Early life
Lee Emmett Thomas was born in Marion, Louisiana, on 23 September 1866 to Burwell Benson Thomas and Susan Sophia George.
He graduated from Howard College in 1885, Eastman Commercial College in 1886 and the University of Virginia in 1889 and went on to practice law in Farmerville, Union Parish, Louisiana until 1896 when he moved to Shreveport, Louisiana.
There he continued to practice law until 1903. He married Florence Eleanor Smith in 1891.
Political career
Lee Emmett Thomas was appointed as State Bank Commissioner by Governor William Wright Heard,