Thomas J. Speer
(August 31, 1837 — August 18, 1872) Thomas Jefferson Speer was a businessman, planter, and politician. Speer was born in Monroe County, Georgia in 1837. He worked in the mercantile industry and as a planter until he was elected justice of the peace in 1861 and 1865. Speer further served as an elected justice of the inferior court for Pike County from 1865 until 1868. He served in the State constitutional convention in 1867 to 1868, and in the State Senate, before being elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives. He served in the House from March 4, 1871 until his death in 1872.
[Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/S000714]
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Georgia Delegation - The Civil Rights Act of 1875
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