Thomas D. Nicholls

For other people named Thomas Nicholls, seeThomas Nicholls (disambiguation).

Thomas David Nicholls

Thomas David Nicholls(September 16, 1870 – January 19, 1931) was an IndependentDemocraticmember of theU.S. House of RepresentativesfromPennsylvania.

Formative years

Thomas D. Nicholls was born inWilkes-Barre, Pennsylvaniaon September 16, 1870. During his childhood, he and his parents moved toNanticoke, Pennsylvania,where he worked in the area's mines as a boy, studied mining by correspondence and passed a state examination in 1897, after which he was awarded a mine foreman's certificate of competency.

Career

Subsequently appointed superintendent of mines, he became district president of District No. 1 of theUnited Mine Workers of America.He served in that capacity from 1899 until 1909 when he resigned for health reasons.

Nicholls was elected as an Independent Democrat to theSixtiethandSixty-firstCongresses, but was not a candidate for renomination in 1910.

After completing his legislative tenure, he settled on a farm inSomerset County, Maryland,nearPrincess Anneand engaged in the raising ofpoultry,beginning in 1911.

Death and interment

Nicholls died in Princess Anne on January 19, 1931; he was interred in the Antioch Methodist Episcopal Cemetery.

Sources

• United States Congress."Thomas D. Nicholls (id: N000089)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• The Political Graveyard