Thomas S. Martin

Thomas Staples Martin
United States Senator
from Virginia
In office
March 4, 1895  November 12, 1919
Preceded by Eppa Hunton
Succeeded by Carter Glass
Personal details
Born (1847-07-29)July 29, 1847
Scottsville, Virginia
Died November 12, 1919(1919-11-12) (aged 72)
Charlottesville, Virginia
Political party Democratic

Thomas Staples Martin (July 29, 1847  November 12, 1919) was an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician from Charlottesville, Virginia. Immediately after his service in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, he attended the University of Virginia, where he was a member of Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity. He represented Virginia in the United States Senate for nearly twenty-five years.

His home, Faulkner House, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

Martin died while in office, at his home in Charlottesville, and is buried in the University of Virginia Cemetery at that location.

References

  1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.

United States Congress. "MARTIN, Thomas Staples (id: M000200)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. 

United States Senate
Preceded by
Eppa Hunton, Jr.
U.S. Senator (Class 2) from Virginia
March 4, 1895 - November 12, 1919
Served alongside: John W. Daniel, Claude A. Swanson
Succeeded by
E. Carter Glass


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